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It is also interesting to note that the durative aspect is also indicated by the auxiliary verb man ‘to be’. When the present tense form of auxiliary is added to the present adverbial participle it indicates present durative sense.
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| nana: tinjok ma:hinan |
‘I am eating’ |
mi: tinjok ma:hini:r |
‘you are eating’ |
| ad tinjok ma:hinta: |
‘it/she is eating’ |
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When the past form of the auxiliary man ‘to be’ is added to the past adverbial participle it means past or non-past durative aspect or past perfective.
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| nannna: inji: mata:n |
‘I had told/
I was telling/
I shall be telling’ |
| ma: hanji: mato:m |
‘we had gone/
we were going/
we shall be going’ |
wo:r hu si: mato:r |
‘they had seen/
they were seeing/
they shall be seeing’ |
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The process of verb stem inflection discussed in the foregoing pages is presnted below in the form of a diagram.
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| Verbal Inflection |
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 Presnt suffix |
PE1 |
1. Presnt tense |
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Past Suffix |
PE2 |
2.Past tense |
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Future suffix |
PE3 |
3.Future tense |
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Habitual Suffix |
PE4 |
4. Habitual tense |
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Negative |
PE5 |
5. Negative |
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Prhibitive---suffix |
Pl. |
6. Prohibitive |
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Imperative-- suffix |
Pl. |
7. Prohibitive |
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Past suffix |
Conditional suffix |
8. Present conditional |
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Past perfective |
Conditionalsuffix |
9. Pastconditional |
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Negative suffix |
Conditional suffix |
10. Contrafactual conditional |
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Durative |
PE6 |
11. Present durative |
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Past suffix |
Durative suffix PE6 |
12. Past durative |
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Future suffix |
Durative suffix PE6 |
13. Future durative |
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Past adverbial suffix |
Aux Durative- PE7 |
14. Past perfective |
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Present Aux adverbial suffix |
Durative PE7 |
15. Imperfective |
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Infinitive suffix |
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16. Present infinitive |
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Infinitive suffix |
aux |
17. Infinitive as optative |
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Verbal suffix |
Aux PE |
18. Obligative |
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