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Verb Phrase |
The verb phrase consists
obligatorily of a verb and optionally one or more noun phrases,
adverb, postposition and particle. The verb may be simple,
compound or derived and finite or non-finite. The finite verb
functions as the predicate of a sentence. The structure of the
verb is more complex than that of the noun. The constituents of
the verb phrase are discussed below.
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1.
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The verb preceded by a
free adverb or postposition.
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2.
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The verb preceded by a
noun phrase (with case or postposition) |
na
korte aphan hasnon |
‘call your brother’
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| lacho akitap
porhinon |
‘read this book’
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| ne hidi apar
ceklem |
‘I work in the field’
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| kitap tebul arumchi
do |
‘the book is below the
table’
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| vokek a-um arlo do |
‘the parrot is in the
cage’
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| methan ake
hophli do |
‘a dog has four legs’
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| la ne-phan nela |
‘he looks at me’
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3.
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The verb preceded by
two noun phrases (both casal or one casal and one
postpositional). |
| latuk-pen
la van-non |
‘bring water from the
well’
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| la
ne-phan nepinon |
‘give it to me’
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| nephan tomo
nethantha |
‘tell me a story’
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| ne nepichop aphan lek
kimi namlo |
‘I bought new ornaments
for my wife’
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4.
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The verb preceded by
two adverbs
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| penap etum dak
thalona |
‘we (Incl.) will stop
here tomorrow’
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5.
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The verb preceded by
adverb or postposition and one or more noun phrases.
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| la katya vo pithi |
‘he always kills birds’
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| lacho ne aphra
pen klemtalo |
‘I had done this before’
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| ne nikan
phokep aphrakalkata
damlo |
‘I had gone to Calcutta
fifty years back’
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