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 Perfective (i)   Present The present perfective aspect is formed by suffixing the appellative verb with appropriate person-gender and number markers to the (a) past stem of the verbs in case of verbs taking -u as adverbial participle marker and (b) to the adverbial participle stem of the verb in case of verbs taking -i as the adverble participle marker. naa-nd-u-PNG   >   naandu-PNG     ‘has walked’ nane-nj-u-PNG   >   nanenju-PNG     ‘has become wet' ii-c-u-PNG   >   iicu-PNG     ‘has hit’ naa-t-i-u-PNG   >   naatiu-PNG     ‘has made to walk' ke:-t-i-u-PNG   > (R. 3, 5) ke:iu-PNG     ‘has listened’   na:nu    u:indu    a: u:ruku    naandue    1           2         3      4            5   ‘I    have    walked    from    here    to     that    place’ 1           5                  2                          3        4   ninga    parenjanokka    ave    ke:iua   1                2             3           4   ‘He    has    listened    to    what    all     you    told’  3              4                                      1         2   (ii)   Past The past perfective aspect is formed by suffixing the auxiliary verb -iru ‘to be’ with appropriate person-gender and number markers (a) to the past stem of the verb in case of verbs taking -u as adverbial participle marker and (b) to the adverbial participle stem of the verb in case of verbs taking -i as the adverbial pariciple marker. Previous | Next Top

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