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Les.28, Sent.#35: vibenda..bufusi..nane..sa maxenidunda...

Rick,
Here's one of the sentences (#35) from Lesson 28:

> I realize that you're sad about the game but tears aren't
  necessary.
Vibenda mi bufusi tumi limwa nane bube sa maxenidunda
  gevevyu.

1)  Why is "sa" there?  It looks like all three verbs are in a default present-imperfective.  Is the default tense of "maxenidunda" future, and is it because it's a deontic modal derivative?

2)  Does "nane" link "maxenidunda" to "bufusi" or to "vibenda"?  Linking to "vibenda" makes (a lot) more sense to me.

Steven