-ткы-
Alutor
Pronunciation
Affix
-ткы- (-tkə-)
- Used to mark the imperfective aspect in verbs
- Тынуткын.
- I am eating it.
- Йылӄатыткын (*-ткый).
- He is asleep.
Usage notes
When -ткы- is used with the ending -й, they go together and form -ткын as -ый would become -и [1].
See also
References
- Mel'čuk, A. Igor. (1993) The dualizer and pluralizers in the Alutor verb
- Nagayama, Yukari. (2010) Grammatical sketches from the field
- ^ Grammatical sketches from the field (13) A.