Editing Grammatical aspect (section)

====Malay/Indonesian====
{{main|Malay grammar}}
Like many [[Austronesian languages]], the verbs of the [[Malay language]] follow a system of affixes to express changes in meaning. To express the aspects, Malay uses a number of [[auxiliary verbs]]:

:*''sudah'': [[perfective aspect|perfective]], 'saya sudah makan' = 'I have [already] eaten'
:*''baru'': near perfective, 'saya baru makan' = 'I have just eaten'
:*''belum'': [[imperfective aspect|imperfective]], 'saya belum makan' = 'I have not eaten'
:*''sedang'': [[Continuous and progressive aspects|progressive]] not implicating an end
:*''masih'': progressive implicating an end
:*''pernah'': [[semelfactive]]