ꠝꠣꠔꠣ

Sylheti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat̪a/

Verb

ꠝꠣꠔꠣ • (mata)

1. to speak
2. to talk

Conjugation

Stem	ꠝꠣꠔ mat
Gerund	ꠝꠣꠔꠣ mata
Infinitive	ꠝꠣꠔꠣ mata
Goal	ꠝꠣꠔꠣꠞ ꠟꠣꠉꠤ matar lagi
Agentive	ꠝꠣꠔꠞꠣ ♂, ꠝꠣꠔꠞꠤ ♀ matra ♂, matri ♀
Converb	ꠝꠣꠔꠔꠦ matte
Progressive participle	ꠝꠣꠔꠔꠦ ꠝꠣꠔꠔꠦ matte matte
Conditional participle	ꠝꠣꠔꠟꠦ matle
Perfect participle	ꠝꠣꠔꠤꠀ matia
Habitual participle	ꠝꠣꠔꠤ ꠝꠣꠔꠤ mati mati

Impersonal of ꠝꠣꠔꠣ

Person	First person	Second person			Third person
		Very faml. & Inferior	Familiar	Honorific		Familiar
Singular	ꠀꠝꠤ/ꠝꠥꠁ ami/mui	ꠔꠥꠁ tui	ꠔꠥꠝꠤ tumi	ꠀꠙꠘꠦ afne	ꠔꠣꠁꠘ tain	ꠢꠦ ♂, ꠔꠣꠁ ♀ he ♂, tai ♀
Plural	ꠀꠝꠞꠣ amra	ꠔꠥꠝꠞꠣ tumra	ꠔꠥꠝꠤꠔꠣꠁꠘ tumitain	ꠀꠙꠘꠣꠞꠣ/ꠀꠙꠘꠣꠁꠘꠔꠦ afnara/afnainte	ꠔꠣꠁꠘꠔꠣꠁꠘ taintain	ꠔꠣꠞꠣ tara
Present
Imperfective	ꠝꠣꠔꠤ mati	ꠝꠣꠔꠌ matos	ꠝꠣꠔꠧ mato	ꠝꠣꠔꠂꠘ matoin		ꠝꠣꠔꠦ mate
Continuous	*ꠝꠣꠔꠤꠀꠞ / *ꠝꠣꠔꠤ ꠞꠣꠝ / *ꠝꠣꠔꠤꠔ ꠞꠣꠝ *matiar / *mati ram / *matit ram	ꠝꠣꠔꠞꠦ / ꠝꠣꠔꠞꠦ matre	ꠝꠣꠔꠞꠣꠄ matrae	ꠝꠣꠔꠞꠣ matra		ꠝꠣꠔꠦꠞ mater
Perfective	ꠝꠣꠔꠍꠤ matsi	ꠝꠣꠔꠍꠌ matsos	ꠝꠣꠔꠍꠧ matso	ꠝꠣꠔꠍꠂꠘ matsoin		ꠝꠣꠔꠍꠦ matse
Past
Recent	ꠝꠣꠔꠟꠣꠝ matlam	ꠝꠣꠔꠟꠦ matle	ꠝꠣꠔꠟꠣꠄ matlae	ꠝꠣꠔꠟꠣ matla		ꠝꠣꠔꠟꠧ matlo
Distant	ꠝꠣꠔꠍ꠆ꠟꠣꠝ matslam	ꠝꠣꠔꠍ꠆ꠟꠦ matsle	ꠝꠣꠔꠍ꠆ꠟꠣꠄ matslae	ꠝꠣꠔꠍ꠆ꠟꠣ matsla		ꠝꠣꠔꠍꠤꠟ matsil
Continuous	ꠝꠣꠔꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠣꠝ matat aslam	ꠝꠣꠔꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠦ matat asle	ꠝꠣꠔꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠣꠄ matat aslae	ꠝꠣꠔꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠣ matat asla		ꠝꠣꠔꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠤꠟ matat asil
Future
Indicative	ꠝꠣꠔꠝꠥ matmu	ꠝꠣꠔꠛꠦ matbe	ꠝꠣꠔꠛꠣꠄ matbae	ꠝꠣꠔꠛꠣ matba		ꠝꠣꠔꠛꠧ matbo
Others
Imperative	—	ꠝꠣꠔ mat	ꠝꠣꠔꠧ mato	ꠝꠣꠔꠃꠇꠇꠣ matoukka		{{{imp-3}}} {{{imp-3-tr}}}
❋ Note 1: * = Dialectal
❋ Note 2: Sylheti is an ergative language. So the 3rd person nouns get the ergative suffix ꠄ (e), which is written with the vowel diacritic ꠦ (e) after a consonant.
❋ Note 3: There are many dialects of Sylheti. This is just one of those.
❋ Note 4: Click here to see other personal pronouns with grammatical cases.

Conjugation of ꠝꠣꠔꠣ