Monday 11 July 2011

Kalin di iBesao [Kankanaey (Besao-Applai) Language] - "Verbs"

Nan tapin di "Verbs" wennu "Action Words"
[with amateur translation to Tagalog and English]

I.  "Regular Verbs"

[A regular English verb has only one principal part, from which all the forms of the verb can be derived. This is the bare form, and is shown in dictionaries. -Wikipedia]

basa - basa - read
          Ta men basa ak as "pocketbook."
bayo - bayo - pound
          Men bayo kayo ta waday kaen tako as awni.

daan - lakad - walk
          Men daan ka ud tapno ma "exercise" nan ikim.

damag - tanong - ask
          Wada nan linmaos ad kawni ay nin damag no wada ka.

kali - salita - talk
          Wada da isna uneg ay men kalkali.
         
kuskus - kuskus -
          Linausak daida ay men kuskuskus as pating.

puted - putol - cut
          Men puted mu nan sana sibit ta adi maikawit nan bado.

sulat - sulat - write
          Dinatngak siya ay men sulsulat para ken asawana.

tagtag - takbo - run
          Waay waday mangkedkedag ken datodi tay yaket men tagtagtag da.

Conjugation

Sample:  basa - men basa, men basbasa, nin basa
     magbasa, nagbabasa, nagbasa
     read, reading, read

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II.  "Irregular Verbs"

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III.  For classification

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kiskis - kiskis - milling of rice by rice mill

suduk - tanong - ask, search or analyze (in a profound manner)
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