Abstract:
This study was conducted to assess the inflectional forms of verbs in [Xїmt’äŋa]i
. It was a descriptive
analysis which focused on the specific parts of the structure of verb inflections. The study used
theoretical frameworks on verb inflections and qualitative method which were used to gather data from
the informants. The central theme of the study was description and discussion of the data gathered
concerning inflectional forms of the verbs in the variant language. Accordingly, three types of verbs
were identified based on their stems infixing vowels between the first and other radicals, and four types
of verbs were clearly indicated based on their radicals. In the discussion, it was revealed that verbs are
inflected for person, number and gender. There are past and non-past tenses; perfective and
imperfective aspects; and debitive and potential moods in the inflections of the [Xїmt’äŋa] verbs. Finally,
it gave conclusion concerning the results of the discussion and analysis.
