Verbal complexes *

Abstract

There are many combinations of tense forms which are not transparent with respect to their overall meaning. That makes such forms complex. Another factor is the fact that some verbs can be used independently and as an auxiliary. Both functions of the verb olmak are extensively discussed in the first section, immediately followed by the aspectual properties of a tensed verb plus a form of olmak. Another type of aspect is expressed with a verbal suffix composed of a linking vowel and a second verb stem. Although it has been advanced that a classification in terms of nominal, existential, and verbal sentences is motivated by the type of negation each class requires, the verbal system is the one that deviates from this partition because of double negation. This is explained in the final two sections.