(126) /nin1 asinu2 dukabiyim3/ |
'(there) will be no sadness3 in our lives2
|
The
existential verb /i-/ has a/-o/ allomorph in the future
inflextion.
|
| (viii)
|
Very often,
in folk tales, where events are not temporally relative,
the verbs are used with a special inflexion which
is neutral as to time, i.e., it does not specify the
event as either past, present or future. The sufffix
is /-ya/ and is not to be confused with the other
verbalizing suffix that occurs with the citation forms.
Thus, we find a sentence like
|
| (127) |
| /kathin1
khķmyoyago2 pahwa3 thagya4/ |
| `the ant1, angered2, bit
the frog3' |
|
where the sentence should have contained a verb complex
with a past tense inflexion. the same sentence, in
ordinary speech, would read like
|
| (128) |
/kathin1 khimyoyago2
pahwa3 thagso4/
|
|
| 2.5.3.2.2.
|
Aspect: |
Aspect indicates the temporal distribution of the
action. Irrespective of the temporal reference, it
shows the state of the event at the time reffered
to. There are three aspects in Mishmi.
|
| 2.5.3.2.2.1.
|
Habitual: |
A habitual event is one which
|
| (i)
happens with a predictable regularity; or |
| (ii)
the speaker expects to happen as matter
of course; or |
| (iii)
is a natural characteristic of the being
the speaker refers to. |
|
The habitual has no tense distinction and is expressed
by the immediate future suffixes. Cognitive, existential
and qualitative states cannot take this inflexion.
The concord restrictions are identical to that of
immediate future formation.
|
/-a/
occurs when the subject is non-pronomial or is in
third person.;
|
|
| (129) |
| /we1 tape2thaa3/ |
| `he1 eats2food3’ |
|
|
| (130) |
| /rin1
lea2/ |
| `the sun1 shines2’ |
|
|
| (131) |
| /kwag1 wina2/ |
| `the dog1 barks2’ |
|
|
| /-de/ occurs
elsewhere. |
|
| (132) |
/h
tá 2
róde3/ |
| 'I1
catch3 fish2' |
|
|
| (133) |
/nyu1
tap
tháde/ |
| 'you1
eat3 food2' |
|
| |
| /-ke/
when the subject is first person plural pronominal;
|
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