{"id":28,"date":"2026-05-06T16:29:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/chapter\/i-the-infinitive\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T09:50:32","slug":"i-the-infinitive","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/chapter\/i-the-infinitive\/","title":{"raw":"I. THE INFINITIVE.","rendered":"I. THE INFINITIVE."},"content":{"raw":" \n
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  1. How many forms are there of the infinitive?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThe old infinitive and the new infinitive.\n
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    1. How is the old infinitive formed?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThe old infinitive is formed by adding the affix 'a'\u00a0(palatal) to the crude-form, or in the case of strong\u00a0verbs to the strengthened crude-form.\n\nEx: \u00e1ka (= to become), \u00e1kka (= to make), par\u0325aya (=to say),\u00a0ko\u1e6dukka (= to give).\n\nWhen a vowel follows, this 'a' is sometimes elided.\n\nEx: \u00e1k\u00e9 =\u00e1ka + \u00e9.\n
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      1. What is the form of the new infinitive?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nIt is formed by adding the affix 'ka' to the crude-form\u00a0or in the case of strong verbs to the strengthened\u00a0crude-form.\n\nEx: ko\u1e37\u1e37uka (= to take), ko\u1e6dukkuka (= to give), par\u0325aka\u00a0(= to say).","rendered":"

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        1. How many forms are there of the infinitive?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          The old infinitive and the new infinitive.<\/p>\n

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          1. How is the old infinitive formed?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            The old infinitive is formed by adding the affix ‘a’\u00a0(palatal) to the crude-form, or in the case of strong\u00a0verbs to the strengthened crude-form.<\/p>\n

            Ex: \u00e1ka (= to become), \u00e1kka (= to make), par\u0325aya (=to say),\u00a0ko\u1e6dukka (= to give).<\/p>\n

            When a vowel follows, this ‘a’ is sometimes elided.<\/p>\n

            Ex: \u00e1k\u00e9 =\u00e1ka + \u00e9.<\/p>\n

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            1. What is the form of the new infinitive?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              It is formed by adding the affix ‘ka’ to the crude-form\u00a0or in the case of strong verbs to the strengthened\u00a0crude-form.<\/p>\n

              Ex: ko\u1e37\u1e37uka (= to take), ko\u1e6dukkuka (= to give), par\u0325aka\u00a0(= to say).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-28","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":21,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/revisions\/29"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/21"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/28\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.psgaesthetics.uk\/gundertml\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}