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hũ

jaũ

d€

jy€

‘If

had

gone

the

thing

2-3

would

have

been

done’

6-7-8

(c.8) Present progressive: Contingent form followed by /lg-w-/ or verbal followed by
/r-/ inflected for gender number denotes the present progressive.

wo	kr	jy€	lgo	wo		‘He	is	going	home’
1	2	3	4	5		1	4-5	3-4-5	2

wa	km	kr€	lgi	wi		‘She	is	doing	work’
1	2	3	4	5		1		3-4-5	2

we	kà	kppũ	lga	wa	‘They (mas.)	are	cutting
1	2	3	4	5	1		3-4-5
					the grass’
					2

we	kà	kppũ	lgĩ	wĩ	‘They (fem.)	are	cutting	the	grass’
1	2	3	4	5	1		3-4-5		2

hũ	pũ	ri			‘I (fem.)	am	reading’
1	2	3	4		1	4	2-3

(c.9.) Past Progressive : The above mentioned progressive aspect forms take past tense auxiliary in this verb phrase. Examples :

wo	bua	na	kpp€	lgo	‘He	was	cutting	the	tree’
1	2	3	4	5	1	7	4-5-6		2-3

wo	tho
6	7

wa	km	kr€	lgi	wi	thi		‘She	was	doing	the	work’
1	2	3	4	5	6		1	6	3-4-5		2

hũ	p	reyo	tho		‘I	was	reading’
1	2	3	4		1	4	2-3

4.1.3.2.

Complex Phrases

The verb phrases which have two or more stems and one of them may be intensifiers/ operators are complex phrases. All the verb phrases formed around compound or conjunct stems are treated as complex phrases. Such stems may also take the auxiliaries like the simple verb phrases described (See also 3.3.1.5.). A few examples are :

pkm	gє	na	koha		‘Houses	collapsed	due to
1	2	3	4	5	4	5-6	2-3

geya					earth-quake’
6					1

Us	n€	mInna	mar	choyo		‘He	beat	me’
1	2	3	4	5		1-2	4-5	3

m	sţi	cho	dItti		‘I	left	the	stick’
1	2	3	4		1	3-4		2

Unnã	n€	km	kr	dItto	tho		‘They	had	done	the	work’
1	2	3	4	5	6		1-2	6	4-5		3

hũ	kòo	le	jaũ		‘I	may take	the	horse’
1	2	3	4		1	3-4		2

hũ	kòo	le	jaũ	tho		‘I	was	taking	the	horse’
1	2	3	4	5		1	5	3-4		2

hũ

skũ

tho

‘I

could

have done

this

work’

5-6

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