The
existential verbs t  or u
, which is a stative verb in Kokborok, is replaced by a suppletive
form k ry
‘be not’ in the negative constructions. The eruptional
sentences do not have a copula in Kokborok and a negative marker is
added to the predicate noun. The negative marker in other stative
verbs occurs after the base form and then follows the tense marker.
The tense marker is absent in present tense construction. The active
verbs take-liya a nd -glak and these denote the past
and future negative respectively, where the tense and the negation
are represented by the same morpheme. |
| The stative verbs
are different from ihe active in the following respect also. The stative
verbs do not have causative formation, while the active verbs show
causative formation. Besides, the stative verbs do not form dubitative
future, perfective and hortative moods. The active verbs show distinction
between these forms. |
| 3.2.1.2.1.
Stative verbs: |
| a. Existential : |
|
buma
|
ng
|
|
‘Mother
is at home.’
|
|
buma
|
ng
|
kµrµy
|
‘Mother
is not at home.
|
|
|
| b.
Equational : |
|
|
| c.
Descriptive: |
|
|
| 3.2.1.2.2.
Active verbs: |
|
|
| 3.2.2.
Finite verbs : |
| The finite verb completes
a sentence formally and semantically. It can be either indicative,
perfective, imperative or hortative. The finite verb in Kokborok does
not show any distinction of gender, number or person. |
| 3.2.2.1. The Indicative
: |
| The indicative is
marked for three tenses, viz., present, past, and future as
discussed below. |
| 3.2.2.1.1.
The present : |
| The present indicative
suffix is -
and it refers to the action taking place or the state at the time
of the speech act. It also refers to the act that habitually takes
place in the past. |
| Examples : |
|
action
|
b
nay-
|
‘He
looks.’
|
|
|
|
‘He
looks secretively,i.e., spying.’
|
|
|
|
state
|
|
‘He
stays happily (now).’
|
|
|
| Habitual |
|
|
| ‘He goes to school
everyday’. |
