Post by Somak Meitei on Feb 19, 2015 19:11:12 GMT 5.5
In English, it is still a confusing part to non-native speakers to draw a demarcating line between the verbs that can be used in the causative sense and those that cannot be used so. Let me pick up some words from the pool of English dictionary which can be used in the causative sense so as to make what I want to point clear--walk, fly, decrease, etc. I walk my dog every morning. The boy flies a kite in the sky every Sunday during summer vacation.
In case of the verb 'cry' , we cannot use like ' The mother cried her son'. But in Manipuri, verbs can be used in the causative sense by sufficing '-hanba'. Mama aduna macha nupa adu kaphanli. Eikhoina chararoi thaklaroi leijaramba ahan oiraba nupi adu chahanlammi.
In case of the verb 'cry' , we cannot use like ' The mother cried her son'. But in Manipuri, verbs can be used in the causative sense by sufficing '-hanba'. Mama aduna macha nupa adu kaphanli. Eikhoina chararoi thaklaroi leijaramba ahan oiraba nupi adu chahanlammi.
