The stems which fall under the category of verb can be defined
on the basis of the suffixes with which they occur. The verbal stems are capable
of taking tense suffixes with or without aspectual suffixes. This is an
important criterion which distinguishes verbal stems from nominal stems. The
nominal stems do not occur with tense suffixes. The verbal stems especially
roots function as imperatives whereas the nominal roots cannot function as
imperatives in Purki language. The verbal stems occur with the verbal participle
suffix. Finally the verbal stems do not occur with case suffixes whereas the
nominal stems occur with case suffixes.
The verbal stems may broadly be classified into two classes.
This classification is based on the basis of past tense suffix. Those stems
which take -s as the past tense suffix form class 1 and those which do not take
-s as the past tense suffix but -Ęas
the past tense suffix form class 2. Class 1 is a larger class compared to class
2.
On the basis of the syntactic behaviour, verbs are classified into transitive verbs and
intransitive verbs. This classification is based on the
presence or absence of the object nouns. Those verbs which
belong to the intransitive class will not take objects. That
is, the nouns which function
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