7.2.4. As a process of assimilation the final consonants -n and -y of the verb stems change into -t or  before the past tense suffix -t. |
han-t-a:n  hat-t-a:n |
‘I went’ |
| man-t-a: mat-t-a: |
‘it was’ |
| tin-t-a: tit-t-a: |
‘it ate’ |
| i-t-a:n it-t-a:n |
‘I said’ |
| un-t-a:n u--a:n |
‘I drank’ |
| wa:y-t-a:n wa:t-t-a:n |
‘I came’ |
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| 7.2.5. The long vowel of the verb stem ta:y ‘bring’ becomes a short vowel before the past tense suffix -t and the final consonant becomes -t. |
| ta:y-t-a:n tat-t-a:n |
‘I brought’ |
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| 7.3. Verb Stem Classification |
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The verb stems can be conveniently classified according to the phonemes with which they end.
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A group of verb stems take the element -ta: or -ya: before the infinitive suffix. These stems form a group called here as Group-II. The remaining stems which form Group-I are further divided according to their endings. Thus, the classification will be follows:
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| Verb stems |
| Group-I(Stems which do not taketa: or ya: element) |
Group-II(Stems which take ta: or ya: element) |
| A |
B |
A |
B |
| ending in consonant |
ending in vowel |
taking ta: element |
taking ya: element |
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| Examples for the above classification: |
| Group-I A |
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uda:na: |
‘to sit’ |
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kala:na: |
‘to steal’ |
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we:ha:na |
‘to tell’ |
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ma:ra:na: |
‘to finish’ |
| Group-I B |
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ki:na: |
‘to do’ |
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hi:na: |
‘to give’ |
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pi:ra:na: |
‘to wrinkle’ |
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ari:na: |
‘to fall’ |
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