k m |
kr o |
cngo |
|
|
‘To
|
work
|
is
|
good’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
1-2 |
4 |
3 |
|
| |
|
mInna
|
jao |
lo €
|
|
‘To
|
me
|
going
|
needs i.e.
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
‘I |
need |
to |
go’ |
|
|
|
|
1
|
3 |
|
2 |
|
| |
|
y
|
pai
|
pi
|
jogo
|
|
|
‘This
|
water
|
is
|
worth
|
drinking’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
1 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
|
| |
|
ya
|
bat
|
puch
|
gi
|
ní
|
|
‘This
|
talk
|
is not
|
worth
|
asking
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
3-4 |
|
|
Verbal Adjectives:
|
|
Imperfective and perfective participles also function as adjectives.
Like adjectives these also show the gender-number concordance with the
noun head in the phrase.
|
|
Perfective Participle:
|
|
Perfective participles as adjectival usually occur with particle /w-/
inflected like participial form e.g.
|
|
Us
|
n€
|
ţ ha
|
wa
|
mewa
|
bţh
|
kIya
|
‘He
|
collected
|
fallen
|
fruits’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
|
7 |
1-2 |
6-7 |
3-4 |
5 |
|
| |
|
y
|
mero
|
· Iho
|
wo
|
grã
|
|
‘This
|
is
|
my
|
seen
|
village’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
This
|
is
|
the
|
village
|
I have
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
seen’
|
|
|
|
|
|
Imperfective Participle :
|
|
m
|
kptĩ
|
wĩ
|
gerĩ
|
Ihĩ |
|
‘I
|
saw
|
the
|
reaping
|
girls’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
1 |
5 |
|
2-3 |
4 |
|
| |
|
jato
|
gero
|
It
|
ayo
|
|
‘Going
|
boy
|
came
|
here’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
1 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
Verbal Adverbs :
|
|
Oblique infinitives ending in / /
function as adverbs in many constructions denoting purpose. Example are:
|
|
hũ
|
ogi |
ma |
pai |
la |
clyo
|
|
|
‘I
|
am
|
going
|
to
|
water
|
the
|
field’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
|
7 |
|
1 |
7 |
6 |
|
4-5 |
|
2-3 |
|
| |
|
hũ
|
y
|
dand
|
bec
|
wast€
|
jaũgo
|
|
‘I
|
shall
|
go
|
to
|
sell
|
this
|
bullock’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
|
|
1 |
6 |
|
|
4-5 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
Verabal base with /g€/
postposition marks the completion of one action before another. Examples
are:
|
|
hũ
|
kha
|
g€
|
ayo
|
|
‘I
|
came
|
after
|
eating’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
1 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
wo
|
km
|
kr
|
g€
|
sUtto
|
|
‘He
|
slept
|
after
|
finishing
|
the work’
|
| 1 |
2
|
3
|
4 |
5 |
|
1 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
1. Gender :
|
|
There are two genders : masculine and feminine fused with the number
markers denoted by certain
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