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As mentioned above, the Graul classification II has weak present and future
markers, but ĸĒ nd and þŦ nj in the past. There are a number
of different kinds of verbs in this class.
- Verbs whose imperative forms have long vowels, but have stem-alternants
with short vowels when tense is marked.
- ÂÔ vaa `come': Weak present/future, past: ÂĸØŧĻ vandeen
- ŧÔ taa `give': Weak present/future, past: ŧĸØŧĻ
tandeenIn some dialects, this verb is only used with first and
second person subjects.
- Verbs formed on the based of ÂÔ vaa `come':
- ŨīÔýāÂÔ konduvaa `bring s.t.': conjugated like ÂÔ.
ŨīÔýđÔ kondaa (variant of ŨīÔýāÂÔ konduvaa `bring s.t.'):
conjugated like ÂÔ but vowel remains long throughout: ŨīÔýđÔØÅĻ
kondaareen, etc.
- îĨÜīÕĨāÂÔ kuuttikittuvaa `bring a person'
- Intransitive verbs that have transitive analogs are numerous in this
class. Many of these verbs end in vowels other than Ë u, e.g.
LT Ï, ST Í e, É i; their transitive analogs are members of
class VI.
- ÂÄį valaru `grow (intr.)': ÂÄŊĸŧâ vala(r)ndadu
`it grew'
- īŨÁ kale `be separate, be excluded, dispersed': īŨÁþķâ
kalenjadu `it was dispersed'.
- Verbs that end in LT Ï ai and É and
i (and ST Í e(y)), causing palatalization in the past marker; In
our classification these are 3b:
- ÐŨđ ode
`break (of its own accord)': ÐŨđþķâ odenjadu
- ŨŧĀÕ teri `be known': ŨŧĀÕþķâ terinjadu `it was
known'.
- Verbs with final rhotics ( r sounds), which are deleted or
otherwise changed before the past marker:
- ÐĄīÔį okkaaru `sit': ÐĄīÔĸŧÔĻ okkaandaan `he sat'.
- Čę aa= to0pt.25ex
##= by .25ex
u `be deep': Č°ĸŧâ aandadu or aalndadu `it was deep'
- ÂÕę vi= to0pt.25ex
##= by .25ex
u `fall': ÂÕęĸŧâ vi= to0pt.25ex
##= by .25ex
undadu or
vilndadu `it fell'.
- Verbs belonging to Class I in LT, but showing nasal palatalization in
the past in ST:
- Ũķē seyyi `do, make': Ũķþķâ senjadu `it make'
- Ũ―ē peyyi `rain': Ũ―þķâ penjadu `it rained'
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Vasu Renganathan
Sat Nov 2 21:16:08 EST 1996