The double causative
indicates that there are two object nouns and the subject causes
an object to perform the action mentioned by the verb. It is
formed by adding pa- to the causative form of the verb.
ne pa-pe-chalo
‘I make (someone) to
make (someone else) eat’
ocho an pa-pi-cotha
‘make (someone) to feed
(make eat) the hcild’
ne mir pa-paphar
‘I made (someone) to
bloom (make blossom) the flower’
Reflexive
The reflexive prefix is
cv- and it indicates that the subject itself is the
object. The reflexive occurs only with the transitive and
causative verbs.
ihon
cihon
‘love’
‘love oneself’
pithi
cipithi
‘kill (make die)’
‘kill oneself’
ijincho
cijincho
‘pity’
‘pity oneself’
pajincho
‘make (someone) to pity’
cepajincho
‘make (someone) to pity
oneself’
Reciprocal
The reciprocal indicates
that the subject and the object reciprocate the action mentioned
by the verb. It is marked with
the prefix cv- and occurs with the transitive and
causative verbs.
ar?u
car?u
‘kiss’
‘kiss each other’
ihon
cihon
‘love’
‘love each other’
patora
cepatora
‘trouble’
‘trouble each
other’
3.4.2.
Types of Verbs
Verbs are divided into
two types, viz., finite and non-finite. A finite verb completes
a sentence formally and
semantically. A non-finite verb does not complete a sentence and
hence it requires a finite verb to complete the sentence.
Finite Verbs
The finite verb takes
the morphemes for tense, perfect, imperative, negation and
interrogative. The tense marker occurs
after the other markers if both are present.
Tense
The tense indicates the
time of action mentioned by the verb with reference to the time of the speech act.
There are three tenses in Karbi, viz., the past, the present and
future.
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