The person markers are
prefixed to verbs in the following examples. ne- is used
for first person exclusive, i ~ e- for first person
inclusive, na- for second person and a- for third
person. These are pronominal forms.
When the subject pronoun
and the person marker are identical, the subject is deletable
and is indicated by the person marker itself.
ne laphan ne-nidok
]
naphan ne-nidok
]
‘I like him’
la nephan a-nidok
‘he likes me’
latum nephan a-nidok
‘they like me’
The person marker in the
verb is optional with an infinitive subordinate clause and
obligatory otherwise.
netum an coji (ne) niha
‘we like to eat’
ne kamkeklemji ne-niha
‘I like doing work’
In the following, the
person marker corresponds to the object pronoun. The object
pronoun is deletable along with the case form if the person
marker and the object pronoun are identical.
la ne-phan (ne)-la
]
la nela
]
‘he looks at me’
latum nephan ne-arjup-po
]
latum ne-arjup-po ]
‘they will ask me’
Non-finite Verbs
A non-finite verb does
not complete a sentence and it requires a finite verb to
complete the sentence.
Past Participle
The past participle form
of verb indicates that the action mentioned by the non-finite
verb is anterior to the action mentioned by the finite verb. It
is expressed by adding -ra when the finite verb takes the
imperative and by adding -chi otherwise. The subjects in
the main and subordinate clauses are the same.
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