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An Elementary Grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese Language

by Thomas Hodson

25. Syntax of Verbs (§§  217 - 222)

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Hodson, Thomas: An elementary grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese language. --25. Syntax of Verbs (§§  217 - 222). -- Fassung vom 2011-08-26. -- URL: http://www.payer.de/hodson/hodson25.htm        

First published as:  Hodson, Thomas: An elementary grammar of the Kannada, or Canarese language ; in which every word used in the examples is translated, and the pronunciation is given in English characters. -- 2. ed. -- Bangalore : Wesleyan Mission Press, 1864. -- 128 p. ; 23 cm.

First time published here: 2011-08-26

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This text is part of the section Sanskrit und Indien  of Tüpfli's Global Village Library

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Syntax [ಪ್ರಯೋಗ prayōga] of Verbs [ಕ್ರಿಯಾಪದ kriyāpada]

217. The verb must agree with its nominative case in gender, number and person; as,

• ನೀನು ಕರೆದಿ nīnu karedi, Thou calledst.
• ಅರಸನು ಆಳಿದನು arasanu āḷidanu, The king reigned.
• ಅವರು ಬಂದಾರು avaru baṃdāru, They will probably come.

218. When the nominative is a collective neuter noun, the verb is frequently put in the singular number, even though the noun has the plural form; as,

• ದನಗಳು ಬಂತು danagaḷu baṃtu, The cattle came.

219. When there are several nominatives of different genders, if one of the nominatives be masculine, the verb will be masculine, but may agree with the last nominative; as,

• ಅರಸೂ ಅರಸಿಯೀ ಆನೆಯೂ ಬಂದರು arasū arasiyū āneyū baṃdaru, The king, the queen and the elephant came.

220. If the nominative consist of two or more personal pronouns, and one of them be of the first person, the verb must be of the first person plural; as,

• ಅವನೂ ನೀನೂ ನಾನೂ ಮೈಸೂರಿಗೆ ಹೋದೆವು avanū nīnū nānū maisūrige hōdevu, He, thou and I went to Mysore.

221. When the nominative is a personal pronoun, it is often omitted, the person being determined by the termination of the verb; as,

• ಓದುತ್ತೇನೆ ōduttēne, I read.
• ನೋಡಿದಿಯಾ nōḍidiyā, Sawest thou?
• ಹೇಳುವಳು hēḷuvaḷu, She will say.
• ಮಾಡರು māḍaru, They will not do.

222. In colloquial speech the termination ನು nu, is frequently dropped, except in the second future tense; as,

• ಬಂದೆ baṃde, I came.
• ಶಿಕ್ಕಿದ śikkida, He was caught.
• ಹಾಡುವೆ hāḍuve, I will sing.

To 26. Syntax of Gerunds (§§ 223 - 231)