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Personal Terminations |
1st
Person:
Singular -„n-en-an-al
Plural -„m-em-am-ƒm
um-om-†m
The um suffix is detached from the old form
of the past finite verb šeydum.
2nd Person:
Singular -
…-,,-ai-ƒy
…
- i
Plural -
um, uŒga˜
…m-im.
…r-ir.
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Different
uses of ƒm (syncope of ƒgum)
as super-suffix |
i.
ƒm post-fixed to the verbal noun formed
with the suffix al, expresses permission.
e.g. p†galƒm,
may go.
ii. ƒn post-fixed
to the finite verb expresses hearsay or rumour.
vandƒnƒm,
they say (or I hear) that he came.
ƒm, as an
ordinal suffix and expression of assent, has already been treated of.
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