the verbt TO BE IN OROMO
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1981-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The object;l':f'f this paper is b analyse the ve r b 'to be ' in Or omo . The
pape r has seven sections : In sections one and two identification of
the pr ob l em and a brief survey Df relevant lite rature a r e given. In the
third section the
shapes is treated.
copular form ~-Da with
"- In the fourth section
its diffe r ent allomorphic
othe r copula r expressions :
Existence, Location, Attribute, Identity, and Possession in the s i mple
declarative pr esent tense are dealt with . In secti~n five ¥ses of
copular verbs in the different tenses is shown . I n section six the
negative form of the c opular expressions~ given . In the concluding
section, a brief compa ris on of mo r pho l ogy and syntax of copula r
expression s of thr ee ~)anguages : Hindi, Amharic, and Japanese
is carried ou t. Japanese, like Or omo , is said to be of " Rigid III"
syntactic type , whereas Hind i and Amharic are supposedly transitional .
I n the a na lys is of the c opu la a c ontroversial mo r pheme (~wh ich was
treated as a possessive ma r ke r by ear lier write rs, is identified as a
copula in this paper. This is'a poi nt of special interest and still ~
I t is evident that the analysis of the complex ~, c ontroversial.
suppletive copular system of Or omo r equires fu r the r work beyond the
limits of this thesis . Fo r example, the r ole of auxiliaries and
vari ous transformations invol Ving copulas need to be taken up .