| 7.8.9.1. Infinitive as Optative |
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Permission is expressed by adding the auxiliary verb hi: ‘to give’ to the infinitive form of the main verb. The auxiliary verb may be conjugated for all tenses, number and gender while the subject of the verb is invarialby in dative case.
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na:k da:ya: hi:m |
‘let me go’ |
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na:k tinda: hi:m |
‘let me eat’ |
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wo:n wa:ya: hi:m |
‘let him come’ |
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ade:n inda: hi:m |
‘let her say’ |
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ma:k e:ndi: hi:m |
‘let us dance’ |
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awe:n gu: i: hi:m |
‘let them (non-masc.) sleep’ |
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wo:rku hu i: hi:m |
‘let them see’ |
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| 7.8.10. Obligative |
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Obligative is expressed by adding the auxiliary verb a:y ‘to become’ to the present infinitive form of the main verb. The auxiliary verb is conjugated for all tenses but the person-number-gender suffix is always in third person non-masculine singular indicating concordance with the verbal noun. The noun of the main verb is in the dative.
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na:k u:hta:na: a:yinta: |
‘I have to serve drink’ |
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ma:k handa:na: a:yinta: |
‘we have to go’ |
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wo:rkun aga: manda:na: a:yinta: |
‘they ought to stay there’ |
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| 7.8.11. The Present Durative |
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The present durative aspect is formed periphrastically by the addition of the durative marker to the verb stem. The allomorphs of the durative suffix are tabulated below:
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After the verb stems ending in |
| -n |
other than -n |
| Before I, II, III Person sg. ending |
-ton- |
-inton- |
| Before I, II, III person pl. ending |
-tor- |
-intor- |
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| Examples: |
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nana: tin-ton-a:n |
‘I am eating’ |
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ma: tin-tor-o:m |
‘we are eating’ |
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nima: da:y-inton-i:n |
‘you are going’ |
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mi: da:y-intor-i: |
‘you (pl.) are going’ |
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wo:r ki:y-inton-o:r |
‘he is doing’ |
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wo:rlo:r ki:y-intor-o:r |
‘they are doing’ |
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a:w ki:y-intor-u: - |
‘they (non-masc). are doing’ |
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