Manipuri grammar

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0-1-2 Yes-no Questions t Yes-no o[Ue£tions ccn be dlvlcied Into two tyi-es, ( i ) those ceriveo by rei,i£cing t2ie var;^ n l ' t o be* with £«; " i a

£nct

{2) tliose cierlvec by aciclng ir^ •* ^ a - dra vorbsl

the suffix ir^ - ore

to other

occurs In the iTesent

and i.ast tenses an^ 6ra in the future tenseI

5»1.2-1 Yes-no questions derivod by ref,Iacing the verb nl. *tc be* with £§ - J^* Exerules f ( l a ) n?3l It/this

hpyni f r u i t - t o be

•It is e fruit' ( i b ) r.ifjsi It/this

hayrfc ? fruit-intar.

' I s I t a f r u i t 7^ l2a) n©si It/this

yurmi house to-be

*It i s a house' (2b) n e s i it/this

.TUnla ? house-inter*

•Is it a house?'

237 ^ 5

.1.2.3

In th3 future tense tha suffix has the form dra vhlch rei-iacas the e u x l i l a r y verb _nl

B

B

'to be'.

liut ere can oco

with the negative nerker roy*

( l a ) ma

k5yt;:elce

cetk©nl

nerket-loc.

g o - v l l l - t o be

•

he

H

'ii-e -i-Tlj-i ;:o t o the n c r k e t '

K

(lb) ma

keythelda

cotkedrp ?

K

he

nerkst-loc*

go-vrlii-lnter.

m

'V.111 he go t o tiie market?'

B

(2a) ma cak

B

he

B

'-iie w i l l eat the r i c e '

rice

CDgf»nl e a t - v l l i - to be

B

(2b) ma

caK

cagsdra ?

B

he

rice

B

' r i l l i he eat the r i c e ? '

efct-wlj-i-inter-

^^® * X*^ . 3 . 1 Ex£jni,les of dra vltii negative market roy •" l o j •

Cl&> ma

cak rice

ceroy

B

he

m

*ne w i l l not eat the rice*

B

( l b ; ma cak

B

he

1

rice

eat-neg-

caroydra 7 eet-neg-inter*

'Will he not eat the r i c e ? "

1

1 • ^H

(4>

nsn

Levi

yon

take-/

ta'x0l

5»2»1»1«2 X'he sliomori.h w o c c u r s a f t e r v e r o s QnOlng In a-

(1^

(2)

(c^

n©rl

cawl

ycu

eat-lr-i..

n^n

p£vl

you

reaci'-lini,*

nen

tcvt

you

llsten-lm|.

'lieti'

' aoEcil'

'i.ist9nt*

5 . 2 - 1 . 1 . 3 The allomorph n o c c u r s o l s e ^ h e r e 5 - 2 - 1 - 1 . 3 . 1 Verbs en(51nr. In j j chengo t h e i r f i n a l consonent t o 2 fc'efore this u sufilx.

i

^r--.

(i;

(2J

(3)

neri

la'^ul

you

cone-lni;*

neri

he'-'ul

yott

i.'iuck-lmi..

neri

t^'^ul

ycu

grlnd-lmp.

Comet

iiUCicl

Grlndl

EJ2 of *ii= vsrb _si ' t c be' I s added to l t » 138 » (i> Eie he

nuririayssnul haiii-y-juet-be-ltni:.

'i-«t him be hai-^y' (2^ ma w«isenut ha

sutTer-le t-be-Imp«

*j-et him suifarM (3) na he

c©t£^ul g-:. -let-be-»lmi,»

•iiet hln go! * (4) ma he

casenul eBt-lGt-bs-lmii»

•i.et him e r t l * 5*2.2*1. 'X"he negative forma of these c m be o b t e l r e d by I n s e r t i n g the negative ner}«r ^

i^"!ne