The obligate modal is expressed by the morpheme Rgoya
plus the uninflected form of the verb be.
tisa
silithis Rgoyabet
‘you
must study’
1 2
3
1 3
2
go:pali
kRum kRumis Rgoyabet
1 2
3 4
‘Gopal
must do the work’
1
4 3
2
so
vaqsua
is Rgoyabet
‘he
must come in time’
1 2
3
4
1 4
3 2
qa:
qyesa manili us
Rgoyabet
1
2
3
4
‘sister
must eat bread’
1 4
3 2
Non-finite Verb:
Infinitive:
The
infinitive marker is -ta and it is added the verbal stem. One of the
functions of the infinitive is to refer to purpostive meaning.
so
kRum a:ys-ta byas Rgoyabet
1 2
3
4
5
‘he
should go to find a job’
1 5
4
3 2
mo
ticisuma kRum kRumis-ta byas
1
2
3
‘I
will go with you to work’
1
4
2
3
a:pthede
sokbi silithis-ta lama
hane
1
2
3
4 5
‘printed books are easy to read’
1
2 5
4
3
Conditional:
The conditional form is used when a certain condition is to be fulfilled
for an action to take place. The conditional form is formed by a adding
the suffix -to to the verbal stem.
ga:·i go:Ribo ut-to baya nonibusu
1
2 3 4
5
6
‘if
the train comes late we may catch it’
4 1
3 2
5 6
sosa
mehnahaha-to
so pa:s busubet
1
2 3 4
5
6
‘if
he works hard he will succeed’
3
1 2
2 4 5
mo
ada:pik bet-to Rotya mo yu:s
1 2
3 4
5 6
7
‘if
I am well, I will come tomorrow’
4
1
2 6
7
5
te
kat ho:a
ut-to tan
busubet
‘if
they are there, there will be a quarrel’
Temporal:
The temporal form gives the time of an event expressed in the subordinate
clause with reference to the time of the event expressed in the main
clause. The temporal relationships available in this language are
at the same time, before, and soon after. The temporal marker ‘at
the same time’ is keRe
mo
keRe gotindyo naha:toa
miisuma
guluk hiRiyu:s
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
‘I
always take a stick with me when I go out of my house’
ya
plus the uninflected form of the verb be. 
us
Rgo
s
a:pthede
sokbi silithis-ta l
a
ut-to t
an
busubet
a
mi
