Part B: The Verb
11. Partial Verb Chart
We have now studied orders of prefixes which occur
ahead of the verb stem; viz., the modal prefix, the subject
pronoun, and the classifiers. These can be illustrated as
seen in the following chart.
| |
|
Mode |
Subject |
Classifier |
Stem |
| thiøbes |
‘I
boiled it’ |
the |
I |
ø
|
bes |
| hestsagh |
‘I
am crying’ |
he |
s |
none |
tsagh |
| nädher |
‘You
are staying’ |
none |
ne |
none |
dher |
| náwasá |
‘I
will go’ |
wa |
s |
none |
yá |
The prefix na
in the last two words, does not occur in any of the positions
listed.
