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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
Complex non-finite verb phrases sive past
(i) Progressive past
  ni:nga    entene    ma:ikoindiriyoo    ena:ku    gottuka:i
   1           2                   3                       4              5
   
  'What    you    were    doing    is    not    known    to    me’
   2        1           3                          5                      4
   
(ii) Progressive present
  tumba    maye    peyyikounidangu    ava    kue    puicaa
   
  'Though    it    was    raining    heavily    he    was    holding    the    umbrella'
                             2-3           1          4                 6                     5
   
(iii) Perfect present
  erde    a:ne    muricua    ma:ne    mara    e:ve
  1        2          3              4          5         6
   
  'Which    are    the    mango    trees    broken    by    the    elephant   in   the    morning’
   6                           4           5          3                            2                           1
   
(iv) Perfect past
  na:nu    kotinda    paa    va:pac    baruvaka:i
   1            2            3            4              5
   
  'The    money    that    I    have    given    may    not    come    back’
            3               1                   2                  5              4
 
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