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Perfective Aspect
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Perfective Aspect and Evidentiality
In certain complex grammatical systems, the perfective aspect intersects significantly with evidentiality—the grammatical marking of the source of information. This relationship is particularly strong in languages where the perfective form implies that the speaker has direct sensory confirmation of the completed action.
For example, in Turkic languages, the $-miş$ [suffix](/entries/suffix/…