A
mono-transitive verb, however is usually referred to as just
transitive verb.
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The transitive
and intransitive verbs in this language can now be defined1
formally. The transitive verbs are those which on the syntagmatic axis
must necessarily have at least a noun/pronoun as its direct object and
conversely the intransitive verbs are those verbs which on the
syntagmatic axis can occur as the sole realization of a VP.
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Stem
Alternant
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The verb stems
undergo certain changes before different suffixes. Though these
changes are phonologically conditioned, they are not universal in that
these changes occur only with the verb stems and not with the other
grammatical classes. The paradigms of a few verbs are stated in the
next page.
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The
paradigm of
verbs given in the text page show certain morpho-phonemic alternations
which are stated below:
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1.
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The verb stems
ending in the palatal approximant /y/, has an alternant form without
the final -y before suffixes beginning with the voiced bilabial stop.
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Before suffixes,
/i/ substitutes the final vowels of verb stems ending in /a,e/.
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3.
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The verb stem
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1This
sub-classification is to be taken as a broad one. Some transitive verb
occasionally occur without an object as in :
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tay bal khayse
‘he/she ate well’
tay khabo
‘he/she will eat’
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In view of such
situations, it would be more appropriate to say that a verb is in
transitive/ intransitive constructions.
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