Verbs
Mention has been made of the verbal suffixes. Their use is shown in
the following paradigms:
I eat
Sak-in' mang-an-ak'
You eat
Sik-a' mang-an-ka'
He eats
Si-to-di' mang-an'
We eat
Cha-ka'-mi mang-an-ka-mi'
You eat
Cha-kay'-yo mang-an-kay'-o
They eat
Cha-to-di' mang-an-cha'
I go
Sak-in' u-mi-ak'
You go
Sik-a' u-mi-ka'
He goes
Si-to-di' u-mi'
We go
Cha-ka-mi' u-mi-ka-mi'
You go
Cha-kay'-yo u-mi-kay'-yo
They go
Cha-to-di' u-mi-cha'
The suffixes are given below, and the relation they bear to the
personal pronouns is also shown by heavy-faced type:
I
'ak
Sak-in'
You (sing)
'ka
Sik-a'
He
...
Si'-a or Si-to-di'
We
kami or tako
Cha-ka'-mi or Cha-ta'-ko
You
kayo
Cha-kay'-yo
They
cha
Cha-to-di' or cha-i'-cha
The Benguet suffixes as given by Scheerer are:
I
'ko or 'ak
You
'mo or 'ka
He
'to
We {
me
tayo
You
'kayo or 'dio
They
'ra or 'cha
The verbal suffixes seem to be commonly used by the Bontoc Igorot in
verbal formations. The tense of a verb standing alone seems always
indefinite; the context alone tells whether the present, past, or
future is indicated.
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