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Missing verb form - aspect: Properative Intensive (PROP INTENS) #44

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varie opened this issue Feb 9, 2022 · 4 comments
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Missing verb form - aspect: Properative Intensive (PROP INTENS) #44

varie opened this issue Feb 9, 2022 · 4 comments
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varie commented Feb 9, 2022

Example:
хампахтаа

хаамп + -махтаа/-мэхтээ/-мохтоо/-мөхтөө
туур + -бахтаа/-бэхтээ/-бохтоо/-бөхтөө
-пахтаа/-пэхтээ/-похтоо/-пөхтөө
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varie commented Feb 9, 2022

Such form are also Diminutive (DIM)

бар + -аахтаа/-ээхтээ/-оохтоо/-өөхтөө

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What do these forms mean? Are these two different forms? Could you add some more examples?

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varie commented Feb 11, 2022

I know diminutive meaning, like do something a bit: хампахтаа - walk a bit, турбахтаа - stay a bit, etc.

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Do these forms inflect?

How productive is the suffix? Can you add it to any verb?

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