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2. The verb followed by another simple verb:
ta-tha-ka
‘went and worked’
auk-phay-di
‘come and sit.’
knr-bay-di
‘finish moving (aside)’
3. The verb followed by the causative :
(All the adverbs are listed below)
a-ru kha
‘caused to eat’
nay-m-lay-ru-gra-kha
‘at first caused to look together from a hideout’
nay-m-lay-ru-tha-ka
‘went and caused to look together from a hideout’
nay-hÛÛÛr-lay-gra-ru-kha
‘at first caused to look together from a distance’
a-i-k-la-tha-ka
‘went, meanwhile climbed, then went and ate.’
1 More than three verb-roots cannot occur together.
Example :
nay-m-bay-kha
‘finished looking from a hideout’
4. The verb followed by the bound adverb2 :

nay-m-kha
‘looked from a hideout’
a-hr-kha
‘ate from a distance’
pay-suk-kha
‘almost finished’
t-thk-ka
‘lived happily.’

5. The verb preceded by the free adverb: These free adverbs are (i) manner words (ii) temporal words (iii) locative words and (iv) case nouns.
(i) b  dakti kam khlay
‘He works quickly.’
b  r kab
‘He weeps unnecessarily’
b  sayµn phay
‘He came alone’
(ii) b  miya phayka
‘He came yesterday’
tabuk hug thadi
‘Go to field now’
bini s«ka phaydi
‘Come before him’
2 Not more than three adverbs can occur together.
Example :
r-h-lay-g*ra-kha
‘at first sent from a distance together’
 

 

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