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!•- Varieties of Verbs,
We divide the verbs into two
b. Consonant verbs#
a. Vows’! verbs are formed on
abe: reoeive, believe.
ere; come, bring,
etda: know, understand*
1tde: destroy, lose.
1toj: desire, seek.
Glasses: a.Vowel verbs, and
the model V * C + V. For example
ophl: be born, bear
ogbwe: write
uoha: drive away
upl: sit, stay
ut.da: build
A
few verbs are formed of vowel, semi-vowel, vowel; e.g. awu,
take
away, forgive;
ayi, uncover. uyi, hate.
The 1 nit lai vowe’’
Is stable, as a rule. An exception is found
in the imperative
of
o-verbs, the initial vowe1 changing to u.
For example: ogl.
hear.
imperative:
ugt, heart
an-ug!* hear ye!
olo*
go.
imperative:
ui o* go!
an-ulo, go yel
Compare the fo1’’owing:-
eoha, stand.
imperative:
eoha, stand!
Ido, save
Ido mgue, aave thyself! |
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