Tyap/Verbs

Verb

Definition

A verb is a word that denotes action or a state of being.

• Action:

1. Anyet madidit ya chyi agavang.
2. Matina nung-wu lak nyung kusat.
3. Samson nok ali.
4. Nat a san khyahu
5. Atyia,akum-achyi chat alyiat gu.
6. Ana ya jinjok?

• State of being:

1. Agwaza yet Agwam
2. Akakwon shyia madidit ma'tachya ka.

• Miscellaneous examples of verbs: bai, nat, ya, twei, swuo, lyuut, lyiat, shim, fak, naai, fang, myiam, yong, swan, foot, Biyang, dyep, tyiet, cham, Gba, kwang, wan, chwi, San, shim, fak, nyin, Fip etc.

Definition

A verb is a word that denotes action or a state of being.

Action:

1. Anyet madidit ya chyi agavang.
2. Matina nung-wu lak nyung kusat.
3. Samson nok ali.
4. Nat a san khyahu
5. Atyia,akum-achyi chat alyiat gu.
6. Ana ya jinjok?

State of being:

1. Agwaza yet Agwam
2. Akakwon shyia madidit ma'tachya ka.

Miscellaneous:

Example of other verbs are: bai, nat, ya, twei, swuo, lyuut, lyiat, shim, fak, naai, fang, myiam, yong, swan,foot, Biyang, dyep, tyiet, cham, Gba, kwang, wan, chwi, San, shim, fak,nyin ,Fip etc.

Verb Formation (Bwoi 'Kyai'):

In Tyap, verbs are largely formed mainly from nouns. Other ways include the addition of verb antecedents to adjectives, adverbs or nouns to form verb phrases.

• Verbs are formed from nouns by the removal of the first letter "a̱-" of the noun word.

Examples:

S/N	WORD	VERB FORMED
1	a̱tung	tung
2	a̱shai	shai
3	a̱ta	ta
4	a̱bwok	bwok
5	a̱bwom	bwom
6	a̱gwai	gwai
7	a̱yaat	yaat
8	a̱ka̱u	ka̱u
9	a̱fwu	fwu
10	a̱wak	wak
11	a̱khwop	khwop
12	a̱lyiat	lyiat
13	a̱khwo	khwo
14	a̱khwu	khwu
15	a̱fwu	fwu
16	a̱kpang	kpang
17	a̱bwum	bwum
18	a̱tyia̱	tyia̱
19	a̱tsa	tsa
20	a̱mat	mat

• Verbs can also be formed by the removal of the first part of a double-sounding noun word.

Examples:

S/N	WORD	VERB FORMED
1	shyishyi	shyi
2	shyishyim	shyim

• Verbs or verb phrases are formed by the addition of verb antecedents to nouns, adverbs or adjectives.

Examples:

S/N	WORD	VERB FORMED
1	khwo	tyia̱ khwo
2	a̱swon	ya a̱swon
3	bwak	swuó bwak
4	fa̱t	bwuo fa̱t
5	bying	ta bying
6	jejeet	li jejeet
7	gba̱gbai	li gba̱gbai
8	taan	tyia̱ taan
9	kyekyak	tyia̱ kyekyak
10	nfwuut	ta nfwuut

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