HELPING VERBS are words like cï, bï, cë, bë, cïï, and bïï. They are like helping verbs in English like ‘have’ and ‘will’.

Here are examples of helping verbs in Thuongjang:

1. Dhuk acï woŋ raak. =The boy has milked the cow.
2. Woŋ acïi dhuk raak = the cow was milked by the boy.
3. Dhuk abë woŋ raak. =The boy will milk the cow.
4. Woŋ abïï dhuk raak = the cow will be milk by the boy.
5. Nya abë cuïn thaal. = The girl will cook the food
6. Cuïn abïï nya thaal. = The food will be cook by the girl.

Simple tenses
1. Dom aya puur në rap. = I cultivate the farm with grains.
2. Dom aye puur në rap. = You cultivate the farm with grains.
3. Dom ayee puur në rap. = He/She cultivates the farm with grains.
4. Dom ayïkɛ̈ puur në rap. =They cultivate the farm with grains.
5. Dom ayakɛ̈ puur në rap. =You cultivate the farm with grains.
6. Dom ayuku puur në rap. =We cultivate the farm with grains.

Past tense
1. Dom aca puur në rap. =I have cultivated the farm with sorghums.
2. Dom aca puur në rap. =You have cultivated the farm with sorghums.
3. Dom aba puur në rap. =I will cultivate the farm with sorghums.
4. Dom aba puur në rap. =You will cultivate the farm with sorghums.
5. Dom abäk puur në rap. =You will cultivate the farm with sorghums.
6. Dom abuku puur në rap. =We will cultivate the farm with sorghums.

Past negative forms (meaning ‘did not’) (kɛ̈n, kën, kënnë.
Here are examples of the forms.

Woŋ akɛ̈n miit = I did not pull the cow.
Ɣɛn kën woŋ miit = I didt not pulled the cow.
Woŋ akɛ̈nnë miit = you (singular) did not pull the cow.
Yïn kën woŋ miit = you did not pull the cow.
Woŋ akën miit = He did not pull the cow.
Yen akën woŋ miit =He did not pull the cow.
Woŋ akënku miit = we did not pull the cow.
Wuɔ kën weŋ miit = we did not pull the cow.
Woŋ akɛ̈nkɛ̈ miit = you (plural) did not pull the cow.
We kën woŋ miit = you (plural) did not pull the cow.
Woŋ akën (akënkkɛ̈) miit = they did not pull the cow.
Weŋ akënnë miit = the cow was not pulled.
Dom akënnë puur = the farm was not cultivated.