
Kazakh Grammar with Affix Ust
6.3
Particip
les
The three Kazakh modjfying participles are
*Ym
bl
, * p /
MAc
and
•F
AH
I
MAFAH.
All
lhree can function nominally as subjects
of
a clause.
and take nominal inflections and adjectivally modify nouns.
6.3.1 Agentive
*Y
ill
bi
The features
of
the agentive * Y
ill
bl
are that as a relativizer
it
signifies habitual action,
or
a profession for some animate objects, and
can modify both animates and inanimate nouns.
6.3.1.1
Rel
at
ivi
zer
When modified by another adjective
or
with nominal affixes,
*Y
m
bi
can be translated as the one who does, in reference to persons, e.g.
aH;riMe
aiiT}'IIll>IJiap those who tell a story
6ylrpLJK,
6epyminep
those who give orders
6.3.1.2
No
minal
:
Profe
ss
i
ons
Some participial forms
of
verbs
ma
y be translated by an English
noun rather
than by a relative clause. Tbe most common examples
are
as
follows: aitLJnTa)'Dihl prosecutor,
lKOK,Taymbl
seeker, lKyprisymi driver
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6.3.2
The
Indefinite
Future
Participle
*P/*M
A C
The Indefinite Future
affu
*P has a dual present/future meaning (cf.
6.2.2.2).
[t
can be used
in
both subordinate and independent clauses
or
form adverbs e.g.
Tinep-TineMec willy-nilly
6onap
·6onMac scarcely. barely
ln
subordinate clauses.
it
is governed by the main verb and can take a
nominal case affix. *MAC is the negative counterpart
of
*P, e.g.
KYMaB
g,anM&c
ywiH
so
that there
wiU
be
no
doubt
6.3.2.1 S
ub
ordinate
C
lause
s
Subordinate clauses contain a verb stem with either in the deverbal
affix
*Y,
a nominalization with the definite past participle *
FAH
.
or
the present/future *
ThiH
. The deverbal noun
or
the nominalized
verb will be linked
to the main verb by a case affix. In general, the
ablative
and instrumental cases express cause
or
reason; the other case
affixes are specifi
ed
by tbe main verb
or
verbal construction in the
main
cla
use. For example, a transitive verb will require the accusative,
whereas an intransitive verb will require either the accusative, dative.
or
ablative
. The genitive construction with a main verb
in
the
subordinate clause
links the subject (i.e.
in
the genitive) and verb (i.e.
with
the possessive affix)
of
the subordinate clause.
ln
the
fo
llowing examples, the clauses how much had happened,
how
many guards and cadets had been injured, and how many cars had been
set
fire
to contain nominaJized verbs in *F
AH
wirh the possessive
affix linking
them to the subject
of
these clauses (i.e. the De
ce
mber
incident),
in the genitive case.
The
clauses
have
no
case
oth
er
than the possessive (and
are
considered to
be
nominative) because they are the object
of
the passive
verb
had
been demonstrated. The nominalited verb phrase had been
demonstrated
takes the accusative case because
it
is introduced by the
main verb phrase I know well.
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