387
edits
(→Verbs) |
(→Verbs) |
||
| Line 122: | Line 122: | ||
| ''*nam-'' | | ''*nam-'' | ||
| ''*akf-'' | | ''*akf-'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*sam-'' | ||
| ''*gyu-'' | | ''*gyu-'' | ||
| ''*rta-'' | | ''*rta-'' | ||
| Line 149: | Line 149: | ||
* The exact function of the fourth tense is unknown; it may have been a [[w:perfect (grammar)|perfect]] aspect, an [[w:aorist|aorist]], or something else entirely. It evolved into two verbal moods in Proto-South-Rttirrian and took on various tense and aspect functions in other descendants. | * The exact function of the fourth tense is unknown; it may have been a [[w:perfect (grammar)|perfect]] aspect, an [[w:aorist|aorist]], or something else entirely. It evolved into two verbal moods in Proto-South-Rttirrian and took on various tense and aspect functions in other descendants. | ||
* An ''i-'' was used to begin the stems of transitive verbs. By analogy, this would cause object pronouns to be affixed to the verb in Proto-South-Rttirrian. | * An ''i-'' was used to begin the stems of transitive verbs. By analogy, this would cause object pronouns to be affixed to the verb in Proto-South-Rttirrian. | ||
The following auxiliary verbs existed: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
! Rttirri | |||
! English | |||
|- | |||
| ''*tya'' | |||
| to hope | |||
|- | |||
| ''*apta'' | |||
| to plead | |||
|- | |||
| ''*ikrta'' | |||
| to have to | |||
|- | |||
| ''*gamu'' | |||
| to do something<br>habitually or generally | |||
|} | |||
Verbs could inflect for the following moods: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
! Rttirri | |||
! English | |||
|- | |||
| (the tenses???) | |||
|- | |||
| ''*-nagji'' | |||
| subjunctive | |||
|} | |||
===Auxiliary verbs=== | ===Auxiliary verbs=== | ||
edits