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6.11.4.2
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Adjectival participles are negated by adding the negative suffix-?a to the
verb root which is followed by the tense suffix and adjectivalizer -i. |
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va:yiti a:ku
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‘dried leaf’ (leaf which was dry)’
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va:ya?ati a:ku
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‘leaf which was not dry’ |
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va:yini a:ku
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‘dry leaf’ (leaf which is dry) |
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va:ya?ani a:ku
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‘leaf which is not dry’
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6.11.4.3
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Verbal nouns are negated by adding the negative suffix -?a to
the verb root which is followed by the nominalizer. |
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hannayi
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-to go (going) |
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han?anayi
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-not to go (not going) |
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6.12.
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Non-finite Verbs |
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Morphologically, a non-finite verb does not carry person number-gender
in agreement with the subject. Syntactically, non-finite verbs do not
occur as predicates of the main clause. |
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6.12.1
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Infinitives |
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The infinitive is the form of the verb which is not inflected for tense
and does not carry the person-number-gender suffix. The infinitive suffix
is -eli ~ -ali ~ -heli ~ -jeli. The infinitive form of the verb is used. |
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6.12.1.1
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as a noun |
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ŗu:heli
dassojana ha:ţite?
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‘I called ten persons for ploughing’
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6.12.1.2.
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as a verbal modifier |
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evaņa
munje evasi le:buhū
hiyali gurnitesi
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‘In his presence he grumbled to give money’
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evaņ a?
â
venjali ajjitesi
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‘He was afraid to ask him’
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6.12.1.3
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predicatively with the imperative form of the verb hi- ‘give’ to form a
construction which expresses permission (cf. 6.7.4.) |
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nańge
va:heli hiyyamu
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‘let me come/allow me to come’
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mańge
va:heli hiyyamu
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‘let us come’
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evaņa?â
va:heli himu
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‘let him come’
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eda?â
va:heli himu
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‘let her/it come’
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evara?â
va:heli himu
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‘let them (m.) come’
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evasika?a
va:heli himu
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‘let them (f.) come’
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eva?â
va:heli himu
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‘let them (n.) come’
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This construction cannot be used with the second person singular or
plural
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6.12.1.4.
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Predicatively in the obligative mood to express imposition of
obligation on the subject with the form vele meaning should, must. (of.
6.7.7.2.)
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ni:nu va:heii ve:le
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‘you should come’
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‘This house should be sold’ |
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6.12.2.
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Verbal nouns |
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The verb root with the suffix -nayi is used as a noun. It is
semantically equivalent to the infinitive form with -eli which is also
used as a verbal noun, though there are grammatical constraints on its
occurrence.
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