This is used to refer to the point of time just before an event.

Use the Immediate Future suffix “-ᎢᏕᎾ” and “Set B” pronoun prefixes on the Past Tense form.

Examples:

• ᎤᏁᏥᏕᎾ “Just before he spoke.”

• ᎤᎷᏥᏕᎾ “Just before he came.”

• ᎤᏃᎱᎦᏂᏕᎾ “Just before the flood.”

• ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏈᏕᎾ “Just before the Sabbath. (Saturday)”

• ᎤᎩᏨᏂᏕᎾ “Just before daylight.”