masa
ba  iya:s
|
I
am running’ |
|
1 2
|
1
2 |
| basa
badiyenes |
‘we
are running’ |
|
1 2 |
1
2 |
|
|
| 2.1.3.
Causative Verb: |
|
When
the agent perform an action through another agent the verb is in
the causative. The second agent is realized as the object. The causative
verb is formed by adding -aRa- to the intransitive or the transitive
verb before the tense suffix.
|
|
sosa
tendi theRaya:le
|
|
1
2
3
|
|
‘he
makes them do (something)’
|
|
1
3
2
3
|
|
sosa
tendi phitaRaya:le
|
|
1 2
3
|
|
‘he
makes them break (something)’
|
|
1 3
2 3 |
|
sosa
tendi thuksithaRaya
:le
|
|
1 2
3 |
|
‘he
makes them burn (something)’
|
|
sosa
tendi badaRaya:le
|
| 1
2 3 |
|
‘he
makes them run’
|
|
1
3 2
3
|
|
|
| 2.2.2.
Verb Formation: |
|
Verb
may be derived by adding the verbs this ‘to do’, dis ‘to
give’, and bus ‘to become’ to nouns, adjectives and some quantifiers.
This is very productive in Brokskat.
|
| 2.2.2.1.
Verb Dervied from Noun: |
| qon
|
‘hearing’ |
qonthis
‘ |
to
hear to listen’ |
| kRum
|
‘work’ |
kRumthis |
‘to
work’ |
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