Download Abujhmaria Book

ABUJHMARIA GRAMMAR
G.V.Natarajan
7.8.12.1. Past Perfective
       Past perfective is formed by the addition of the auxiliary verb man ‘to be’ to the past adverbial Participle form, which in turn is followed by the durative suffix. The pronominal endings are added at the end.
Example:
Verb I, II and III person singular I, II and III person plural
tin-
‘to eat’
tin-ji-mat-t-on tin-ji-mat-t-or
ke:nj-
‘to listen’
ke:nj-si-mat-t-on- ke:nj-si-mat-t-or-
we:h-
‘to tell’
we:h-ci-mat-t-on- we:h-ci-mat-t-or-
ta:s-
‘to keep’
ta:s-si-mat-t-on- ta:s-si-mat-t-or-
ta:lk-
‘to speak’
ta:lk-si-mat-t-on- ta:lk-si-mat-t-or-
7.8.12.2. Imperfective
       Imperfective is formed by the addition of the auxiliary verb man ‘to be’ to the present adverbail pariciple followed by the durative suffixes.
Examples:
Verb I, II and III person singular I, II and III person plural
ke:nj-
‘to listen’
ke:nj-sok-mat-t-on- ke:nj-sok-mat-t-or-
wa:r
‘to sing’
wa:r-sok-mat-t-on- wa:r-sok-mat-t-or-
we:h-
‘to tell’
we:h-cok-mat-t-on- we:h-cok-mat-t-or-
ta:s-
‘to keep’
ta:s-sok-mat-t-on- ta:s-sok-mat-t-or-
ta:lk-
‘to speak’
ta:lk-sok-mat-t-on- ta:lk-sok-mat-t-or-
       The following pronominal endings (Set-7) occur at the end of perfective and imperfectives.
Person Singular Plural
I a:n o:m
II i:/i:n i:/i:r/i:
III Masculine o:r o:r
III Non-masc. a u:
Previous Next Top
 
Abujhmaria Index Page
 
FeedBack | Contact Us | Home
ciil grammar footer