Angela Tucker
Abstract
270. In order to understand the somewhat bewildering vowel-alternation in Arabic-Swahili verbs and their derivatives, it is first necessary to have before one the behaviour-pattern of the verb in Arabic. Taking a verb with three radicals as paradigm, we find it has ten possible forms, i.e. a “ fundamental ” form and nine “ derived ” forms.
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270. In order to understand the somewhat bewildering vowel-alternation in Arabic-Swahili verbs and their derivatives, it is first necessary to have before one the behaviour-pattern of the verb in Arabic. Taking a verb with three radicals as paradigm, we find it has ten possible forms, i.e. a “ fundamental ” form and nine “ derived ” forms.
Key concepts: Swahili, Linguistics, Verb, Arabic, Alternation (linguistics), Vowel, Communication, History