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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
Only +Verb+auxiliary type agrees with the subject in person, number and gender, the other two types do not have declension of the same type.
  + Verb + auxiliary (progressive), non-past.
  na:nu    o:dikoue
   1              2
   
  ‘I    am    reading’
1              2
   
  avaru    ma:e    pau    tinja:nua:ru
   1          2                                3
   
  'They    are    eating    a    mango’
   1                 3                 2
   
  +Verb+auxiliary (progressive), past.
  ave   a:e    malenja:inde
  1       2                3
   
  'He    was    wandering    there’
1        3                         2  
   
  na:nu    puyeku    koupo:ya:inde
   1          2              3                4
   
  ‘I    was    taking    to    the    well’
1     2          3                        4
   
  + Verb+auxiliary (perfective), non-past.
  ava:u    u:eku    bandua:u
    1            2               3
   
  'She    has    come    here’
  1        3                2
 
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