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Vector Verbs of Bengali

Author Soma Paul

Definition

A Bangla CV sequence is a two-member construction in which the first member (V1) chooses between the usual conjunctive participial form –-e and the (rare, for this construction) infinitive form –-te while the second member (V2) bears the inflection. For simplicity it is normal to consider finite examples:

āshā ekamāse ekaṭā goṭā bai likhe phelala
“Asha wrote a whole book in one month (implying Asha's ability to do so)”
āshā
āshā
Asha
N
ekamāse
ekamāse
one_monthATV
N
ekaṭā
ekaṭā
oneCL
N
goṭā
goṭā
whole
ADJ
bai
bai
book
N
likhe
likhe
writeCONJPTCP
V1
phelala
phelala
drop3PPAST
V2


Homotactic sequence


List of vector verbs

Example of Compound verbs

sandhe haye elo
“Evening approached”
sandhe
sandhe
evening
 
haye
haye
becomeCONJPTCP
V1
ela
ela
come3PPAST
V2
ritu rāmake ekaṭaa bāṛi khuMje dilo
“Ritu found Ram a house ”
ritu
ritu
Ritu
 
rāmake
rāmake
RamOBJ
 
ekaṭaa
ekaṭā
oneCL
 
bāṛi
বাড়ি
house
 
khuMje
khumje
searchCONJPTCP
 
dilo
dilo
give3PPAST
 
ritu nijera janya ekaṭā bāṛi khuMje nila
“Ritu found out a house for herself”
ritu
ritu
Ritu
 
nijera
nijera
selfGEN
 
janya
janya
forBEN
PPOST
ekaṭā
ekaṭā
oneCL
 
bāṛi
বাড়ি
house
 
khuMje
khuMje
searchCONJPTCP
 
nila
nila
take3PPAST
 
tāka theke paṛe glāsaṭā bheṁe gela
“The glass broke fell down from the shelf and broke”
tāka
tāka
shelf
N
theke
theke
fromSRC
PPOST
paṛe
paṛe
fallPTCP
V
glāsaṭā
glāsaṭā
glassCL
N
bheṁe
bheṁe
breakCONJPTCP
V1
gela
gela
go3PPAST
V2
ritu ghumiye paṛala
“Ritu fell asleep”
ritu
ritu
Ritu
N
ghumiye
ghumiye
sleepCONJPTCP
V1
paṛala
paṛala
fall3PPAST
V2
ribhu āsara jamiye tulala
“Ritu warmed up the party”
ribhu
ribhu
Ribhu
N
āsara
āsara
party
N
jamiye
jamiye
warm_upCONJPTCP
V1
tulala
tulala
lift3PPAST
V2
lokaṭā ritura kācha theke hājāra ṭākā niye chāṛala
“The man did not give up before he managed to extort thousand rupees from Ritu”
lokaṭā
lokaṭā
man 
N
ritura
ritura
RituGEN
N
kācha
kācha
 
 
theke
theke
fromSRC
PPOST
hājāra
hājāra
thousand
QUANT
ṭākā
ṭākā
rupee
N
niye
niye
takeCONJPTCP
V1
chāṛala
chāṛala
leave3PPAST
V2
ritu saba kāja kare rākhala
“Ritu completed all (her) work (in advance)”
ritu
ritu
Ritu
N
saba
saba
all
QUANT
kāja
kāja
work
N
kare
kare
doCONJPTCP
V1
rākhala
rākhala
keep3PPAST
V2
ritu rāmake ḍeke pāṭhāla
ritu
ritu
Ritu
N
rāmake
rāmake
RamOBJ
N
ḍeke
ḍeke
callCONJPTCP
V1
pāṭhāla
pāṭhāla
send3PPAST
V2
ritu gharadora prāya guchiye eneche
ritu
ritu
Ritu
N
gharadora
gharadora
house
N
prāya
prāya
almost
ADVm
guchiye
guchiye
put_in_orderCONJPTCP
V1
eneche
eneche
bring3PPRESPRF
V2
ritu ghure beṛāya
“Ritu strolls about (idly)”
ritu
ritu
Ritu
N
ghure
ghure
loiterCONJPTCP
V1
beṛāya
beṛāya
wander_about3PPRES
V2
ritu sakalera sāmane kathāṭā bale basala
“Ritu broke the secret unexpectedly amidst all”
ritu
ritu
Ritu
N
sakalera
sakalera
allGEN
PN
sāmane
sāmane
in_front_of
PPOST
kathāṭā
kathāṭā
wordCL
 
bale
bale
sayCONJPTCP
V1
basala
basala
sit3PPAST
V2
ritu kayeka ghanṭāra modhye kājaṭā kare phelala
ritu
ritu
Ritu
N
kayeka
kayeka
few
QUANT
ghanṭāra
ghanṭāra
hourGEN
N
modhye
modhye
inATV
PPOST
kājaṭā
kājaṭā
workCL
N
kare
kare
doCONJPTCP
V1
phelala
phelala
drop3PPAST
V2
ritu hese uṭhala
“Ritu burst into laughter”
ritu
ritu
Ritu
N
hese
hese
laughCONJPTCP
V1
uṭhala
uṭhala
rise3PPAST
V2
byāpāraṭā khuba jaṭila haye dāMṛāla
byāpāraṭā
byāpāraṭā
matterCL
N
khuba
khuba
very
ADVm
jaṭila
jaṭila
difficult
ADJ
haye
haye
becomeCONJPTCP
V1
dāMṛāla
dāMṛāla
stand3PPAST
V2
mā sārājībana saṁasārera janya kheṭe maralena
“Mother worked the whole of her life for the family (in vain)”
mother
N
sārājībana
sārājībana
all_life
N
saṁasārera
saṁasārera
family 
N
janya
janya
forBEN
PPOST
kheṭe
kheṭe
work_hardCONJPTCP
V1
maralena
maralena
die3PPAST
V2