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We have already
introduced the notion that Ø´Ô koo can serve as a marker of the
beginning of a new state or action. This emphasizes the POINT of
beginning, rather than the duration of the state. With stative verbs that
require the dative (e.g. ×»ÀÕ teri `know', äÀÕ puri
`understand', the addition of Ø´Ô koo emphasizes the point (hence PUNCTUAL) of beginning to understand or know. Hitherto dative-stative verb
stems with Ø´Ô koo affixed become nominative-subject action verbs.
Examples of contrast between verbs without Ø´Ô koo are labelled A
below, and examples with koo are labelled B below:
Vasu Renganathan
Sat Nov 2 21:16:08 EST 1996