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Explain causative verbs.
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means 'to make do X'
form with o-grade root plus *-éi-e- |
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Explain iterative verbs.
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means ‘do X over and over’, ‘keep doing X’
form with o-grade root plus *-éi-e- |
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Explain desiderative verbs.
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means ‘want to X’, ‘try to do X’ in *(h₁)se-, with and without reduplication
*ueid- ‘catch sight of’ ⇒ *uéid-se- ‘want to see’ ̑ *kel- ‘hide’ ⇒ ̑*k ̑ík ̑l-h₂se- ‘try to conceal’ |
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What are the inflectional categories of the verb?
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person, number, voice, mood, tense
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Describe the perfective aspect.
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the action is conceptualized as a whole: it occured either at a single point in time (‘punctual’) or, if it occurred over an interval of time then that interval is complete (‘completive’)
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Describe the imperfective aspect.
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the action is conceptualized not as a whole, but as a process which may or may not be complete (‘continuative/durative’); if the process is instantaneous, then it occurs repeatedly or habitually (‘iterative’)
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