kuril-lekai
|
‘I
shall try first to jump’
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Here it denotes the idea of attempting.
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| (iii) For
refusal and prohibition etc., where /alo/ precedes the verb, the /k/
may be suffixed to /alo/ outside the verb to express request. |
alokai
sena
|
‘please
let us not go’
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|
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| Here, the pronominal
subject is without the copulative /a/, it is only euphonic at this
place. |
| The impersonal construction
like alo-kaia ‘let me not be obliged to it’ is also possible. |
| Apart from the normal
verbal construction it is also freely used in phrase with /alo/, suffixed
to it, denoting a polite prohibition or detention. |
| 2.4.2.7.
Personal suffixes: |
| Such affixes are
contracted forms of the personal pronouns and are included in the
verbal constructions as subject or object, direct and indirect. Parallel
to the personal pronouns, they are also eleven in number. |
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Singular
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Dual
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plural
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1st Person
|
i
|
la (incl.)
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bu(incl.)
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|
li(excl.)
|
le(excl.)
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2nd Person
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m
|
ben
|
pe
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3rd Person
|
e
|
ki
|
ko
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| All these forms,
as evident, are without the free form marker /a/. However, by being
suffixed to the f.v.m. in the verb, they appear to make it up, although
the two must not be confused. Standing separately as a pronoun (substantive),
they take /a-/, the free form marker, as prefix and without that,
they themselves function as suffixes. |
| 2.4.2.7.1
Morphophnological variations: |
| Generally,
the forms of these affixes do not change, but some variations may
be noted: |
| (i) /iN/,
when suffixed to a word ending in /e/ the sounds [e] and [i] form
a falling diphthong, where [i] is very weak and may even be dropped,
as in /rei/
> /re/. |
(ii) As an
infix standing intervocalically, the affix /i/,
looses the final // and remains only as / /,
as in /kać/,
which is /ka-i-a/
‘it is not me’. |
| (iii) The
form /-m/ takes an euphonic [e], when the former is added to the word
ending in consonant, as in /loegem/. |
| (iv) /-m/
takes a suffix of /e/ and it becomes /me/ when it is added to a copula
/tan/ in substantive prepositions as in /munda tanme/, or when it
is suffixed to mena? or bano? before the coupla, as in /mena?mea/,
or when it stands as second personal singular in the imperative mood
- /hiju?me/. |
| (v) The third
singular /e/, can hardly retain its original form and more frequently
it is softned to /i/ or to the cheched i?. The original form may be
observed in the verbal constructions as a subject after the f.v.m.
where it may even form a diphthong. |
| (vi) After
/i/, /o/ or any consonant, the affix /e/ becomes very short as in
[sadom-e&-lel-kia]. |
| (vii) Suffixed
to a word ending in [e] itself, this forms a long counterpart and
is no more heard independently. |
| (viii) After
the copula /tan/ as a subject, the [e) changes to [i?[ as in /tani?/. |
| It may here be noted
that /i?/ or /i/ has become the standard form for indicating third
person singular animate. Which is original /e/ or /i/ ? This decision
would naturally rest with the speaker who uses /a?e/ as the person
singular animate. Therefore, in accordance with the method applied
for |
