-й
See also: -и and й
Southern Altai
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j/
Suffix
-й • (-y)
- Agglutinated after a verb stem which ends in a vowel, forming an imperfective converb
- Agglutinated after the negative form of a verb stem, forming a negative imperfective or associative converb
Usage notes
For stems ending in consonants, variants -е (-ye), -ӧ (-ö), -а (-a), and -о (-o) are used, complying with vowel harmony.
See also
- -п (-p, associative converb suffix)
Tuvan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j/
Suffix
-й • (-y)
- Agglutinated after an affirmative verb stem which ends in a vowel, forming an affirmative imperfective converb
- Used to form the ability of a verb, with auxiliary ал- (al-, literally “to take”)
- Уруг удавас номчуй алыр. ― Urug udavas nomçuy alır. ― The child will be able to read soon.
- Used to form a perfective verb, with auxiliary бер- (ber-, literally “to give”)
- Used to form the ability of a verb, with auxiliary ал- (al-, literally “to take”)
See also
- -п (-p, associative converb suffix)
Yakut
Phonology
- IPA(key): /j/
Suffix
-й • (-y)
- Epithesis after a verb stem which originally ended in a lengthened high vowel (ии, үү, ыы, уу) or a short vowel (э, и, ө, ү, а, ы, о, у; only in a loan), due to Sakha conjugation do not allow stem in such endings
Derived terms
Category Yakut words suffixed with -й not found