Bengali Language/Verbs/Perfect Aspect

Procedure

The Perfect Aspect Stem is created in the following manner :

Steps	Example
1. The verb that is to be conjugated in the perfect aspect, we take its infinitive form and remove the -aa ending	bawlaa --> bawl-
2. To this new root, we add -e	bawl- + -e --> bole Note : the ending -e transforms the previous vowel in the root
3. Now to this we add the perfect aspect marker fel-, raakh-/rekh-, ni-, di-, poR-, gi-, esh- We have now the Perfect Aspect Stem Not all of these markers can be attached to all verbs.	bole fel-, bole raakh-/rekh-, bole ni-, bole di-, bole gi-, bole esh- (bole poR- is not possible in Bengali)

Here is an incomplete but expanding list which shows which verbs are allowed to join with which perfect aspect markers (PAM)

Verb (infinitive)	PAM fel-	PAM raakh-/rekh-	PAM ni-	PAM di-	PAM poR-	PAM gi-	PAM ash-/esh-
baw•laa "to speak"	bole fel-	bole raakh-/rekh-	bole ni-	bole di-	X	bole gi-	bole ash-/esh-
khaa•oaa "to eat/drink"	kheye fel-	kheye raakh-/rekh-	kheye ni-	kheye di-	X	kheye gi-	kheye ash-/esh-
kaw•raa "to do"	kore fel-	kore raakh-/rekh-	kore ni-	kore di-	X	kore gi-	kore ash-/esh-
ne•waa "to take"	niye fel-	niye raakh-/rekh-	niye ni-	X	X	X	niye ash-/esh-
de•waa "to give"	diye fel-	X	X	diye di-	X	X	diye ash-/esh-
dho•raa "to catch/hold"	dhore fel-	dhore raakh-/rekh-	X	X	X	X	X
haw•aa "to be"	X	X	X	X	hoye poR-	hoye gi-	X
o•Thaa "to get up"	X	X	X	X	uThe poR-	uThe gi-	uThe ash-/esh-
aa•shaa "to come"	X	X	X	X	eshe poR-	eshe gi-	X
pou•chhaa "to arrive/reach"	X	X	X	X	X	pouchhe gi-	X

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