| 10.2.3.2. Compound Verbs |
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Two verbs are compounded in a compound verb phrase. Here V1 is either an adverbial participle or an infinitive, where V1 is of a resticted category. Verbs such as, hi: ‘give’, wa: ‘come’, par ‘to be able’, han ‘to go’, etc., come under this category.
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ad na: pollo: ke:njhi:t
‘she listened to my words’ (literally ‘she listened to me and gave’)
go: a: mirri: wa:t
‘horse came galloping’ (literally ‘having run horse came’)
ninne: mudiya:l ·olsi: hattur
‘the oldman died and went yesterday’
nanna: tinji: paro:n
‘I am not able to eat’
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| 10.2.3.3. Complex Verb Phrase |
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Complex verb phrases are very relevently found in usage. In this type of phrases the verb ‘to do’ follows a noun or adjective.
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nanna: ade:n bane:k ki:ka:n
‘I shall beautify it’
ba:ta:, nanna: wo:n pu:ce: ki:ta:n?
‘what? did I ask him?’
nanna: ni:k biswa:s ke:wo:n
‘I do not believe you’
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In yet another type of complex verb phrase the V1 is the adverbial participle and V2 is inflected verb.
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ga: o: tinji: nay na: aga: wa:t
V1 V2
‘having eaten food the dog came on to me’
ga:o: asi: nan we:a: da:ka:n
‘having cooked food I shall go for hunting’
In another type of complex verb phrase both V1 and V2 are in participal forms.
na: pollo: ke:nji: wo:r kaba: ke:so:r matto:r
V1
V2
‘after listening (or having listened) to me they kept on working’
kal unji: wo:r gu:so:r matto:r ‘after drinking (or having drunk) liquor he went on sleeping’
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