Sylheti language/Expressing Obligation with Verb
Expressing obligation requires a few transformations.
First step :
The person who is obliged to do things is represented in possessive form like in the following :
Subject pronoun | Possessive form |
---|---|
ami/mui | amar/mur |
tumi | tumar |
afne | afnar |
tui | tor |
he | tar |
tain | tainor |
amra | amrar |
tumra | tumrar |
afnara | afnarar |
tara | tarar |
Step 2 : Take the infinitive form of the verb denoting the activity that one is obligated to do. Add the word zoruri right after it, like in the following table :
Infinitive | Obligation expression |
---|---|
khoa | khoa zoruri |
khora | khora zoruri |
khaua | khaua zoruri |
Note that this obligation expression is person and number independent. It doesn't change according to who is doing something or how many people are doing something.
The last step :
Now combine the possessive and the obligation expression to make a full obligation statement, like in the following
amar khora zoruri.
tumar khoa zoruri.
tar khaua zoruri