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1) Dinosaurs fly. (general truth)
2) [These/some] dinosaurs [habitually] fly.
3) There are dinosaurs that are flying.

4) The sun rises in the east. (general truth)
5) The sun rises in the east. (you just read Hume and you no longer think induction is a thing)
6) The sun is rising in the east.

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Kannow uses the remote future tense:

1) ecołkʼoř tʼìkuŗ
ec-ołkʼ-ř tʼìku-ŗ`
INFER.RFUT.MID-fly-C2.A.PL dinosaur-C2.INDEF.PL

2) ołkʼoř tʼìkuŗ
0-ołkʼ-ř tʼìku-ŗ
SENS.PRES.MID-fly-C2.A.PL dinosaur-C2.DEF

3) ołkʼoř tʼìkuŗ
0-ołkʼ-ř tʼìku-ŗ`
SENS.PRES.MID-fly-C2.A.PL dinosaur-C2.INDEF.PL

There's no difference between 2) and 3), but that's because the verb ends in -u, so the rounding distinction is neutralized. It would be there for a different verb.

4) gèrqecgìnyw rqàn
gèrq-ec-gìn-ow rqà-n
east-INFER.RFUT.MID-rise-C4.A.SG sun-C4.DEF

5) gèrqergìnyw rqàn
gèrq-er-gìn-ow rqà-n
east-SENS.NRPST-rise-C4.A.SG sun-C4.DEF

Kannow has no aspect distinction, so this takes the past tense. It could take either the remote or the recent depending on context, but I used the recent.

6) gèrqrgìnyw rqàn
gèrq-r-gìn-ow rqà-n
east-SENS.PRES-rise-C4.A.SG sun-C4.DEF