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| ====Main Verb ==== | | ====Main Verb ==== |
| The main verb is believed to be descended from a verbal noun and carries the main semantic meaning of the verb phrase. The main verb hosts the Inverse Marker ''tā-/ta-'', aspect, and evidential/modal markers. As mentioned earlier, the Inverse and aspect markers may detach from the main verb and attach to a converb, while the modal/evidential suffixes remain tightly bound to the main verb. | | The main verb is believed to be descended from a verbal noun and carries the main semantic meaning of the verb phrase. The main verb hosts the Inverse Marker ''tā-/ta-'', aspect, and evidential/modal markers. As mentioned earlier, the Inverse and aspect markers may detach from the main verb and attach to a converb, while the modal/evidential suffixes remain tightly bound to the main verb. |
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| =====Aspect =====
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| The verb, in contrast to the copula, encodes aspect with clitics that attach to the end of the word. If a coverb appears, the aspect marker will cliticize to the coverb. Nankôre possesses several aspect markers, as illustrated in the following table:
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| ! !! Aspect Marker!! Meaning
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| ! style=""| Perfect
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| ! style=""| Semelfective
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| | =no|| completed in one single motion/act, e.g. hit
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| ! style=""| Simple Imperfect
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| | =ro||
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| ! style=""| Durative/Repetitive
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| | =nahoyra, =noyra|| several times
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| ! style=""| Habitative
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| | =(h)osma, =sma|| often
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| ! style=""| Factive
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| | =yosir|| (general truth statement, e.g. "The sun rises in the east")
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| ! style=""| Continuative
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| | =namporo|| to continue
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| ! style=""| Inceptive
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| | =otah|| to begin
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| ! style=""| Cessative
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| | =ciri|| to stop
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| ! style=""| Terminative
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| | =ruykáno|| to finish
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| ! style=""| Incipient
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| | =kara|| about to
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| ! style=""| Approximative
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| | =tontoro|| almost, nearly
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| ! style=""| Frequentative
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| | =nokori, -(o)nkori|| often
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| ===== Moods and Evidentials===== | | ===== Moods and Evidentials===== |