Download Abujhmaria Book --Select Grammar Book-- ABJUHMARIA Grammar ANGAMI Grammar AO Grammar APATANI Grammar BHUMIJ Grammar BROKSKAT GOJRI Grammar HMAR Grammar KARBI Grammar KOKBOROK Grammar KUVI Grammar LOTHA Grammar MAO NAGA Grammar MISH Grammar MISING Grammar MUNDARI Grammar NAGA PIDGIN Grammar PURKI Grammar SEMA Grammar Theory of Binding Grammar URALI Grammar A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA ABUJHMARIA GRAMMAR G.V.Natarajan        The suffix -m occurs (a) after those verbs ending in a vowel and (b) after those verbs with a long vowel as nucleus and ending in -y. Examples: Verb II Singular II Plural ki:- ‘to do’ ki:-m ki:-m- hi:- ‘to give’ hi:-m hi:-m- o:y- ‘to carry’ o:y-m o:y-m- a:y- ‘to become’ a:y-m a:y-m- no:y- ‘to pain’ no:y-m no:y-m- ha:y- ‘to sweep’ ha:y-m ha:y-m- pay- ‘to hold’ pay-m pay-m-        The verb stems da:y ‘to go’, ta:y ‘to bring’ and wa:y ‘to come’ are expected to take the imperative singular suffix -m. But, as exception they do not.        Before the plural suffix -, the final -y of the said forms are deleted. Verb II Singular II Plural da:y ‘to go’ da:y-Ø da:-Ø- ta:y ‘to bring’ ta:y-Ø ta:-Ø- wa:y ‘to come’ wa:y-Ø wa:-Ø-        The imperative suffix -a: occurs in other environments, i.e., (i) after those verb stems with a short vowel as syllable nucleus and ending in -m and (ii) after verb stems with a long vowel as syllable nucleus and ending in sounds other than -y. Examples: Verb II Singular II Plural ud- ‘to sit’ ud-a: ud-a:- a- ‘to cook’ a-a: a-a:- nil- ‘to stand’ nil-a: nil-a:- man- ‘to sell’ mam-a: mam-a:- koy- ‘to pluck’ koy-a: koy-a: hu:- ‘to see’ hu:-a: hu:-a:- wa:r- ‘to sing’ wa:r-a: wa:r-a:- hi:k- ‘to tear’ hi:k-a: hi:k-a:- pe:s- ‘to throw’ pe:s-a: pe:s-a:- ke:h- ‘to call’ ke:h-a: ke:h-a:- Previous Next Top

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