| an cora inon |
‘eating rice, sleep’
|
la va chi
colo |
‘he came and ate’
|
| na
vachi porhenaji |
| ‘having come, you need
to read’ |
| la vachi
colo lapen megjalo |
‘he came, ate and slept’
|
| Completive Participle |
The completive
participle indicates that the action mentioned by the finite
verb takes place after the action mentioned by the non-finite
verb. The completive participle differs from the past participle
in that the subjects in the two clauses can be the same or
different. It is marked by adding aphi or anchi to
the perfective form of the verb. The completive is also
expressed by adding pen to the perfect form of the verb
or to the verbal noun.
|
| la an codetaphi ne megjalo |
‘I slept after he ate’
|
| gari dam?etaphi la vapo |
‘he will come after the
train goes’
|
| la vadet
aphi ne dampo |
‘I shall go after he
comes’
|
| na
an codetpen megjanon |
‘you sleep after eating’
|
| ne kedampen la valo |
‘he came after my going’
|
| an copeta?etpen
la ri carchamlo |
‘he washed his hands
after finishing eating the meal’
|
|
| kam petadet
anchi ne damlo |
‘I went after that work
is finished’
|
Infinitive |
The infinitive of
purpose indicates the purpose for which the action mentioned by
the finte verb is performed. It is formed by adding aphan
or pu to the dubitative future form of the verb. The
future form ji is optionally dropped with the nominalized
form of the verb.
|
| ok kenepji aphan netum
laroy dam |
‘we goto the river for
catching fish’
|
| ne la
ciluji aphan laroy
damlo |
‘I went to the river to
bathe’
|
| ne la
cilujipu
laroy damlo |
‘I went to the river to
bathe’
|
| kam kiri aphan enut
damnaji |
‘one should go to find
job’
|
The finite dubitative
future form of the verb is used as the infinitive.
|
| vaji
ne niha |
‘I like to come’
|
|
la na coji aniha |
‘he likes to eat’
|
