la ne nude
|
‘it is my umbrella’ |
| la ne nude
kali |
‘it is not my umbrella’ |
|
In descriptive verbs,
negation is formed by adding kali to the adjectival form
of the verb or by adding e to the verb.
|
la pla
lo
|
‘he is rich’
|
la plaple
|
‘he is not rich’
|
lacho aochopo hini
|
‘this boy is bad’
|
lacho aochopo hinone
|
‘this boy is not bad’
|
lacho aochopo kahino
kali |
‘this boy is not rich’
|
|
| Active Verbs |
| The active verbs take
the transitive, causative and the negative e. |
| dam |
‘go’ |
| damde |
‘do not go’ |
| pedam |
‘make someone go’ |
| jun |
‘drink’ |
| junje |
‘do not drink’ |
| pejun |
‘make someone drink’ |
|
| Intrasitives and
Transitives |
Transitive verbs take an
object. Intransitive verbs do not take an object. Both the intransitive and
transitive verbs in Karbi are primary.
|
| thi |
jun |
‘die (Intr.)’
|
‘drink (Tr.)’
|
| ham |
co |
‘stop’
|
‘eat’
|
| arjap |
‘ta |
‘stand’
|
‘finish’
|
| ini
|
nep |
‘sit’
|
‘catch’
|
|
| Causative |
The causative marker is
pv- and it indicates that the subject causes the object
noun to do the action mentioned by the verb. All the causative
verbs are derived. The causative can occur with both the
intransitive and transitive verbs.
|
| la vo pithi |
‘he kills (makes die)
the bird’
|
| ne pechalo |
‘I make (someone) rest’
|
| ocho an pecotha |
‘feed (make eat) the
child’
|
| ne lothe pemen |
‘I ripen (make ripe) the
banana’
|
| ne bi pivirdet |
‘I lost (made lose) the
goat
|
| ne la
pacham |
‘I cool (made cool) the
water’
|
