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lviï
A SKELETON GRAMMAR
do not ; e. 8. 978*A gci.ba, to make water', retains its 478 in gci (present). Tên gcis (past), etc., while 98597 gcod.pa. 'to cut' in the present is 735 gcod, but in the past 985 bcad, in the future 955 scad, and in the imperative 165 chod or 4755 gcod.
In most verbs the prefix ḥ is used only in the present tense.
38. Active verbs are formed from the corresponding neuter ones by an addition, contraction, or transformation of a letter in the latter ; e. g. 4 skye.ba 'to be born,' but 5 41 skyed.pa, 'to generate"; RIA'hgrub.pa 'to be accomplished', but at sgrub.pa 'to accomplish' ; 294a ḥbral.ba, 'to be separated', but again hphral.ba 'to separate'.
THE CAUSATIVE The causative is formed by adding 67** hjug.pa 'to command, induce' (pr. 854 hjug. past 1847 bcug. fut. a1947 gžug, imp. 3547 chug) to the infinitive ; e. g. 2:45 hbri.bar 'to write is the infinitive, by adding to it 26T* hjug.pa, we have R43 95751hbri. bar.ḥug.pa 'to cause to write' ; 35:5-4547 byed.du. þcug, Skt. kārita 'caused to do (BC, 29“). ,
It is to be noted that sometimes the sign of the infinitive is dropped ; e. g. from RBTAḥkhyer.ba 'to carry R5 254*31
