| 3.4.6.28. |
The Mood of Motivated
Action |
| |
|
The
mood of Motivated Action is marked by -lo.
ā€Particularly motivatedā€™, one should say, because,
as psychologists would have us believe, every piece
of human behavior is motivated, be it a flick of the
wrists, a wiggle of the thumb, a sideways glance,
a tap, on the back, a kiss on the forehead, a doodled
line, an unblinking stare or a stab in the back.
|
|
153. |
1. |
kaikho-no1
mii ing2
-li3 vu-lo-e4 |
| |
|
|
| |
|
Kaikho1
came4 to3
the meeting2
|
| |
|
|
| |
2. |
pfo-no1
opro2 to-lo-ie3
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
he1
ate3 (the)
medicine2
|
| |
|
|
| |
3. |
ai-no1
pfo-yi2
di-lo-e3 13
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
I1
touched3
her2
|
| |
|
|
| |
4. |
a1
pfo2 khiboli3
kro-loe4
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
my1
father2
went up4
to Kohima3
|
| |
|
|
| |
5. |
ai1
ozhi-lo2
le3
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
I1
will3 sleep2
|
| |
|
|
| |
6. |
sodu
1 a2
he3 vu-lo-da4
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
come1
to3 me2
tomorrow1
, o.k. ?4 |
| |
|
|
| |
7. |
ata1
mikrĆ¼li2
lo-lo3
le4
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
we1
will4 go
down3 to
Imphal2
|
|
3.4.6.29.
|
The Imperative |
The
affirmative imperative markers are zero. -a,
-ō,
- ,
-
-Ć³, -hio, pi-h o,
-lo - o,
-hi and -(hi)ka. Candidates for being imperative
markers are ha and da, whose candidacy is discussed
in the end.
|
Zero,
symbolized as O,
is found with a highly restricted set of verbs :
|
|
154. |
1. |
ayi
mani |
ā€show2
(it) to me1ā€™ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
ta
|
ā€go!ā€™ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
3. |
pfo he khe
ko pi |
ā€push (it)3
to2 him1ā€™ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
4. |
to
ta |
ā€start2
eating1ā€™ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
5. |
olo
so ta |
ā€start2
singing1 ā€™ |
| |
|
|
|
|
but |
|
|
|
|
|
13.
|
In this
particular example, lo is redundant as the
simple past form itself |
indicates
that the action (of touching) was deliberate.
|
|
|
*6. |
ada
khi vu |
ā€come backā€™ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
*7. |
to
|
ā€eatā€™ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
*8. |
zhĆ¼mazhio1
pfo2 |
ā€please1
hold2 I |
| |
|
|
|
| |
?9
|
pe |
tell ! |
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
a, more polite
than zero and -o, is also used in a restricted
way. |
| |
|
|
|
|
155 |
.1. |
ayi1
mani-y-a2
|
show2
me1
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
2. |
ni la1
ni-dzĆ¼ kapasĆ¼2
so-a3 |
do3
whatever2
you1 want2
|
|
Although ho
and -
are order-like and pi-ho
a polite request, typically Mao Naga imperative markers
are not allows on a politeness scale. Most of them
are situation ally conditioned.
|
-,
the output of diphthongization of -o and
the preceding no identical vowel, typically marks
a brusque imperative but could possibly be direct,
sharp and neutral to politeness without being blunt
and abrupt.
|
|
|
|
ō
marks a request which is more in the nature of a
suggestion. It is, however, less polite than -.
to-ō
for instance, is more of an order than to-
ā€eat Iā€™.
|
|
156. |
1. |
pi-ō |
ā€give !ā€™ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
2. |
khu-o |
ā€close !ā€™ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
3. |
odzĆ¼ akhrĆ¼-ō
|
ā€wash body parts!ā€™ |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
4. |
ca
sho-ō |
ā€drink tea
!ā€™ |
|
|
14.
|
ko
in this example is the morphophonemic output of ko
ā€move on the same level a short distance + o, the
IMP marker. Grierson (1903:3, 2:457) segments the
utterance in what obviously is the wrong way : hek-o
ā€come hereā€™
|
