thoţ o |
pa i |
l€
|
a
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‘Bring
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some
|
water’
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| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3-4 |
1 |
2 |
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hũ
|
kòa
|
na
|
d rya
|
wr
|
l€
|
jaũ
|
‘May
|
I
|
take
|
the
|
horse
|
to
|
the
|
river’
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| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
6-7 |
1 |
6-7 |
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2-3 |
5 |
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4 |
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| |
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| |
|
tfa
|
g€
|
na
|
kIstĩ |
 Ub |
gĩ |
|
‘The
|
boats
|
drowned
|
due
|
to
|
the
|
storm’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
|
|
|
4 |
5-6 |
2-3 |
|
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1 |
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etc.
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(b) Infinitives + v2
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Besides the base stems the infinitive forms can also occur as the first
member in two forms i.e. in its direct form or oblique form (which is
without the concord suffixes). When the infinitive form of transitive
occurs in its direct form it agrees with the gender-number of the object
otherwise it is always in masculine singular form. The second members are
/caIye/ or /lo -/
inflected expressing the potential mood, &/p€-/
‘fall’ marking the obligate mood occur after the direct forms of the
infinitive. In its oblique form the second members are /lg-/
marking inceptive and /de-/ marking permissive aspect and moods etc.
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A few examples are :
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Us
|
na
|
km
|
kro
|
caIye
|
(mas.sg) |
‘He
|
should
|
work’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
1-2 |
3-4-5 |
|
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| |
|
Us
|
na
|
g ţţi
|
mari
|
caIye
|
(fem.sg.) |
‘He
|
should
|
hit
|
the
|
pebble’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
1-2 |
5 |
4 |
|
3 |
|
| |
|
gribã
|
gi
|
mdt
|
kri |
|
‘One
|
should
|
help
|
the
|
poor’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
5 |
3-4 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
loє(fem.sg)
|
(one
|
should
|
do
|
the
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
|
5 |
4 |
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|
|
|
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help
|
of |
the |
poor) |
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|
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|
|
3 |
2 |
|
1 |
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| |
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/caIye/ in the above can also take the past tense auxiliary and /lo-/
can take future tense inflexion as well as past tense auxiliary. Examples
are :
|
|
Us
|
na
|
jao
|
caIye
|
tho
|
‘He
|
should
|
have
|
gone’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1-2 |
|
3-4-5 |
|
|
| |
|
hma
|
wo
|
km
|
kro
|
lo€go
|
‘We
|
will
|
need
|
to
|
do
|
that
|
work’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5
|
2 |
|
|
4-5 |
|
2 |
3 |
|
| |
|
hma
|
wo |
km |
kro
|
lo€
|
tho |
‘We
|
should
|
have
|
done
|
that |
work’ |
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
|
4-5-6 |
|
2 |
3 |
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