| Examples: |
|
Present
:
|
b
|
da-sa
|
‘Does
he say ?’
|
|
|
b
|
sa-ya-da
|
‘Doesn’t
he say ?’
|
|
Past :
|
b
|
sa-ka-da\d
|
‘Did
he say ?’
|
|
|
b
|
sa-liya-da
|
‘Didn’t
he say ?’
|
|
Future
:
|
b
|
sa-wanu-d/da
|
‘Will
he say ?’
|
|
|
b
|
sa-glag-d/da
|
‘Won’t
he say ?’
|
|
|
| In hortative
construction of affirmative type, da is placed before or after
the verb. It is always placed before the verb if the construction
is negative. |
| Examples: |
|
|
| The interrogative
in the past tense constructions is also formed by duplicating to the
front a part or whole of the verb root and placing the interrogative
particle in between the two forms. The tense marker is absent in this
construction. |
| Examples : |
|
nu-da-nug
|
‘Did
he see?’
|
na-da-nay m
|
‘Did
he spy ?’
|
|
sa-da-sa-ya
|
‘Did
he not say ?’
|
|
|
| 3.2.3.
non-finite construction : |
| The non-finite verbal
constructions are those which require a finite verb to complete a
sentence. The non-finite verbal constructions of Kokborok are of the
following types: |
|
a. Participial
|
b. Temporal
|
c. Infinitive
|
|
|
| 3.2.3.1.
Participial :
Examples
|
| There are three participles
: |
|
a. Present
|
b. past
|
c. completive
|
|
|
| 3.2.3.1.1.
The present participle : |
| The present participle
of the verb indicates that the action referred to by this verb is
performed simultaneously with the action in the finite verb. The present
participle suffixes are -tE
and tutuy. When -tE is added, the verb is duplicated. |
|
|
| ‘While this was
happening, they became thin.’ |
|
|
| ‘While this was
happening, he came.’ |
brk
|
a-lay-t
|
alay-t
|
kk-sa-lay-ka
|
|
|
| ‘Talking, they
are togeether.’ |
| 3.2.3.1.2.
The past participle : |
| The past participle
of a verb indicates that the action referred to by the verb is anterior
to the action referred to in the finite verb. The past participle
suffix is -y(~y).
The
of -y
is optionally dropped after the verbs ending in a vowel. |
| Examples: |
|
|
‘He is going
having eaten his meal’.
|
t
