On page 649 it is explained that the Indicative Mood in Kongo has no future tense. Whenever future time is spoken of, the time or circumstances of the action are distinctly mentioned, and the action is represented as being then present. Instead of saying: I will come to-morrow, Kongos say : to-morrow I come; that is to say, the time, to-morrow, is stated, and then the action is considered present at the time stated. When the action is actually in progress,the Continuous or Progressive Form is used ; but when the action is not actually in progress at the moment, but is referred to some future time, the Simple Form only is used. In this way the Simple Form becomes practically Future Indefinite ; while the form in -anga becomes Present Indefinite, or rather Present Progressive, and it might be simpler so to designate them ; but to do so would be incorrect. This is borne out by the fact that when an Auxiliary Verb is used, the Verb assisted takes the suffix -anga, while the Auxiliary takes the Present Indefinite prefixes only; thus: