Post by ingocha on Mar 14, 2019 23:31:05 GMT 5.5
When these suffixes such as -thokpa,-chinba/sinba/jinba and -khaiba are added to a verb , the senses given by the new forms of the word are somewhat different from that of the base.
In " seirengdu ero", it is just a command with a sense of starting writing. It does not signal the sense of completeness or other senses. But when used with a suffix -thokpa", the meaning has " start writing and complete" as in "seirengdu ethoklo". And by the addition of the suffix "sinba-"to "eba", the new form of the word gives the sense of "writing further/to go on writing /finish writing" (This one is used to tell the agent to continue what they have already started or to do something for future use or to finish the remaining part.) The last one "khaiba" indicates that the agent knows what they are going to do. It is also used to show that the agent does something boastfully as they have the knowledge of it. (Seirengdo ekhaiu). Does it not add the meaning of "show off" to the base? Are these suffixes not derivational suffixes? According to the context and the verb base these suffixes may have other senses than those above.
This is what I feel.
In " seirengdu ero", it is just a command with a sense of starting writing. It does not signal the sense of completeness or other senses. But when used with a suffix -thokpa", the meaning has " start writing and complete" as in "seirengdu ethoklo". And by the addition of the suffix "sinba-"to "eba", the new form of the word gives the sense of "writing further/to go on writing /finish writing" (This one is used to tell the agent to continue what they have already started or to do something for future use or to finish the remaining part.) The last one "khaiba" indicates that the agent knows what they are going to do. It is also used to show that the agent does something boastfully as they have the knowledge of it. (Seirengdo ekhaiu). Does it not add the meaning of "show off" to the base? Are these suffixes not derivational suffixes? According to the context and the verb base these suffixes may have other senses than those above.
This is what I feel.