Download Yerava Book --Select Grammar Book-- ABJUHMARIA Grammar ANGAMI Grammar AO Grammar APATANI Grammar BHUMIJ Grammar BROKSKAT GOJRI Grammar HMAR Grammar KARBI Grammar KOKBOROK Grammar KUVI Grammar LOTHA Grammar MAO NAGA Grammar MISH Grammar MISING Grammar MUNDARI Grammar NAGA PIDGIN Grammar PURKI Grammar SEMA Grammar Theory of Binding Grammar URALI Grammar A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA   A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA B. MALLIKARJUN (ii)   St. + Link 1 + kai-k-e >   kaike   ‘I do not bite’ tue-k-e >   tueke   ‘I do not wipe’   (iii)   St. + Link2 + ae-g-a >   aega   ‘it does not close’   Non-past negative forms The negatives of this category are formed by suffixing -e-+ ka:i to the present stem of the verb. The person—gender and number distinction is not there in these forms.   Structure: Present stem + e - ka:i tin-inj-e-ka:i     tininjeka:i   ‘will not eat’ kui-kinj-e-ka:i     kuikinjeka:i   ‘I will not drink’ ue-yinj-e-ka:i     ueyinjeka:i   ‘will not break’   Past negative forms The negatives of this category are formed by suffixing ka:i to the infinitive stem of the verb. Here also the person—gender and number distinction is not there.   Structure: Infinitive stem + ka:i tin-v-a-ka:i   (R. 24) tinuvaka:i   ‘did not eat’ kui-p-a-ka:i     kutipaka:i   ‘did not drink’ Previous | Next Top

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