|
ne penap va po |
‘I will come (Def.)
tomorrow’
|
| ne penap vaji |
‘I shall come (Dub.)
tomorrow’
|
| pini ne bajar dampo /
damji |
‘I will/shall go to the
market today’
|
| nelitum penap an copo |
‘we will eat food
tomorrow’
|
| When the subject is the
first person inclusive pronoun, then markers are -lona
for near future and -na
for distant future. |
| |
| etum kam klemlona |
‘we (Incl.) will do
work’
|
| elitum an colona |
‘we (Incl.) will eat
meal’
|
| elitum an cona |
‘we (Incl.) will eat
meal’
|
| Continuous |
The continuous aspect
indicates that the action referred to by the verb is continued
at certain time in the past, present or future. It is expressed
by adding -bom immediately after the verb base.
|
| ne vabomlo
|
‘I was coming’ |
| ne vabomla |
‘I am still coming’ |
| ne vabompo
|
‘I will be coming’ |
| ne vabomji
|
‘I shall be coming’ |
| nalitum
klemikbomnon |
‘you (pl.) continue to do’ |
|
Perfective
|
Th perfective indicates
that the action mentioned by the verb is performed and completes
before the time indicated by the tense. It is marked by adding
et to the verb base. The tense is indicated by adding the
tense markers after the perfective.
|
| latum ro
dam?et |
‘they have gone’
|
| latum rodam?etlo |
‘they had gone’
|
| latum rodam?etpo |
‘they would have gone’
|
| latum ro
dam?etji |
‘they would
have gone’
|
| latum dak va?et |
‘they have come’
|
| latum dak va?etlo |
‘they had come’
|
| latum dak va?etpo |
‘they would have come’
|
| Imperative |
The imperative indicates
that the listener is ordered to perform the action mentioned by
the verb. In Karbi, three forms are used to mark the imperative
and they are -non, -tha, and -tu. -non has
a freely varying allo- morph -noy. -non
and -tha are polite forms of the imperative that are used
within the family and outside the family respectively. -tu
is the command form. The subject is in the second person and is
optional.
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