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 This -ko or -a: is followed by the present tense fo« of the auxiliary verb iru ‘to be’ and PNG. ure-c-a:-ikkinj-PNG   >   ureca:ikkinj-PNG     ‘keep smearing’ aa-nd-a:-ikkinj-PNG   >   aanda:ikkinj-PNG     ‘keep measuring' pa:r-i-ko-ikkinj-PNG   >   pa:rikoikkinj-PNG     ‘keep flying’ naa-t-i-ko-ikkinj-PNG   >   naatikoikkinj-PNG     ‘keep making walk’   ave    eppa:u    kai    tinja:ikkinjo  1           2         3              4   ‘He    always    keeps    eating    the    food’  1         2                4                         3   pakki    eppa:u    pa:rikoikkinjo   1              2                3   ‘The    bird    always    keeps    flying’           1          2                    3   (ii)   Perfective The perfective definitive aspect is formed by suffixing the present tense form of the verb iru ‘to be’ (a) to the verbs stem in case of the verbs taking -a as the adverbial participle marker and (b) to the past tense stem of the verb in case of the verbs taking -i as the adverbial participle marker. ure-c-ikkinj-PNG   >   urecikkinj-PNG     ‘would have smeared' naa-nd-ikkinj-PNG   >   naandikkinj-PNG     ‘would have walked' nane-nj-ikkinj-PNG   >   nanenjikkinj-PNG     ‘would have become wet' Previous | Next Top

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