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 bali-c-a:y-PNG   >   balica:y-PNG     ‘to comb’ ke-i-ko:y-PNG   >   keiko:y-PNG     ‘to wear’   na:nu    tile    balica:yinje    1        2               3   ‘I    comb    the    hair’ 1       3               2   ava:u    muu    koiko:yinjou    1             2                   3   ‘She    wears    the    saree’    1       3                    2   Potential The potential aspect is formed by suffixing -ka:v with appropriate PNG (a) to the past stem of the verbs taking -u as the adverbial participle marker and (b) to the adverbial partiple stem of the verbs taking -i as the adverbial participll marker. male-nj-ka:v-PNG   >   malenjka:v-PNG     ‘can see’ aa-nd-ka:v-PNG   >   aandka:v-PNG     ‘can measure’ pa:r-i-ka:v-PNG   >   pa:rika:v-PNG     ‘can fly’   na:nu    i:  to:u    pa:rika:ve    1      2       3            4   ‘I    can    jump    across    this    river’  1            4                       2       3   na:nu    i:  tu:ra    naandka:ve     1      2    3                4   ‘I    can    walk    this    distance’ 1           4          2           3 Previous | Next Top

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