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The last
verb of an utterance (usually a modal verb) can be reduplicated for emphasis
by taking the infinitive of the finite verb and adding emphatic Î
-ee to it while placing it before the finite verb, i.e.
Vb
+ INFINITIVE + ee + Vb
FINITE. There can
be various possible configurations: reduplicate the infinitive of the
main verb (plus Î ee), reduplicate the auxiliary verb, etc.
- ؽԴ ¾Ô¥¹Ø ¾Ô¢Ø»¨
pooha maatta-v-ee maatteen `I just won't go, that's all.'
- ؽԴØ ؽԴ¾Ô¥Ø¹¨
poohavee poohamaatteen `I
won't go at all'
- åÜ¿Ø åÜ¿Ôâ mudiya-v-ee mudiyaadu
`(I) just can't possibly (do it).'
- Éç¡´ØÂ Éç¡Þ irukka-v-ee irukku ... `It's there, no doubt
about it ...'
Asher (1982) gives examples of many combinations of this pattern.
Haorld_F.Schiffman