Malayalam
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Morphotactics
Verbs
Form | Description | Tag | Example | Translation | |
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Present | stemk-unnu | <pres> |
kuttikal kalikkunnu children play |
The children are playing. | |
Future | stem-um | <fut> |
naale mala peyyum tomorrow rain will.fall |
It will rain tomorrow. | |
Present progressive | presk-unt | aval nannaayi pathikkunt she well studying.is |
She is studying well. | ||
Present progressive (II) | inf ān | siita avite irikkuka ān Sita there sit is. |
Sita is sitting there. | ||
Iterative present | stem-kontu-iri-kk-unnu | avan paatikkontirikkunnu | He singing.is | He is singing. | |
Iterative fut | stem-kontu-iri-kk-um | avan paatikkontirikkum He singing.will.be |
He will be singing. | ||
Iterative past | stem-kontu-iri-unnu | avan paatikkontirunnu He singing.was |
He was singing. | ||
Continuous iterative | kuttikal paatikkonteeyirunnu children sang.without.stopping |
The children sang without stopping | |||
Perfect | innale mala peytirunnu yesterday rain fell |
It rained yesterday. | |||
Contemporaneous perfect | yuddham pottippurappettirikkunnu war broken#out.has |
War has broken out! | |||
Remote perfect | ñaan paattŭ pathiccittuntŭ I music studied.had |
I had studied music. | |||
Habitual present | juun maasattil mala peyyaaruntŭ June month.in rain falls.usually |
It usually rains in June. | |||
Habitual past | ñaan delhiyil pookaaruntaayirunnu I Delhi.to go.used#to |
I used to go to Delhi. | |||
Imperative | putiya vidyaarthikal hedmaasrrare kaaneentataanŭ new students headmaster meet.should |
New students should meet the headmaster. | |||
Promissive | past-ām | ñaan naale varaam I tomorrow come.will |
I will come tomorrow. | ||
Emphatic promissive | past-ēk-ām | ñaan naale vanneekkaam I tomorrow come.will |
I will come tomorrow. | ||
Permissive | past-ō (kolluu) | vannoo you.may.come |
You may come. | ||
Permissive (II) | past-ootte | avan avite irunnootte He there sit.let |
Let him sit there. | ||
Permissive (III) | avar avite taamasikkatte He there sit.let |
Let him sit there. | |||
Permissive (Formal) | paas ullavarkkŭ itilee pookaavunnatŭ aanŭ pass having this.way go.may is |
Those who have a pass may go this way. | |||
Optative | mala peyyatte rain fall.let |
Let it rain. | |||
Precative | stem-anē (= stem-uka-vēnam-ē) | mala peyyanee rain fall.may |
May it rain. |
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