ᡨᡠ᠋ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ
Manchu
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *tugi-.
Pronunciation
Verb
ᡨᡠ᠋ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ • (tuwambi)
- to look; to see; to watch
- to read; to peruse; to review
- to regard; to look upon; to consider; to treat
- to wait; to await
- (auxiliary, after the infinitive) to try, to try out
Usage notes
- (to try): This verb does not mean "to try hard" (e.g., "I tried to pass the exam."), but "to try out; to sample". Compare Japanese 見る (miru) and Korean 보다 (boda).
Conjugation
| Sentence-final forms | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative | Simple | Progressive | Perfect | ||||
| Present-future | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ (tuwambi) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠮᡝ ᠪᡳ (tuwame bi) |
ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡥᠠᠪᡳ (tuwahabi) | ||||
| Past | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡥᠠ (tuwaha) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳᡥᡝ (tuwambihe) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳᡥᡝᠪᡳ (tuwambihebi) | ||||
| Future | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡵᠠ (tuwara) | — | — | ||||
| Interrogative | Affirmative | Negative | |||||
| Non-past | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠣ (tuwao) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡵᠠᡴᡡᠨ (tuwarakūn) | |||||
| Past | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡥᠠᠣ (tuwahao) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡥᠠᡴᡡᠨ (tuwahakūn) | |||||
| Affirmative | Negative | ||||||
| Imperative | ᡨᡠᠸᠠ (tuwa) | ᡠᠮᡝ ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡵᠠ (ume tuwara) | |||||
| Normal | Strong | ||||||
| Desiderative | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡴᡳ (tuwaki) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡴᡳ ᠰᡝᠮᠪᡳ (tuwaki sembi) | |||||
| Normal | Polite | ||||||
| Optative | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡴᡳᠨᡳ (tuwakini), ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡴᡳ (tuwaki) |
ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡵᠠᠣ (tuwarao), ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠴᡳᠨᠠ (tuwacina) | |||||
| Converbs | |||||||
| Coordinative (Infinitive) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠮᡝ (tuwame) | ||||||
| Subordinative (Past gerund) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡶᡳ (tuwafi) | ||||||
| Conditional | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠴᡳ (tuwaci) | ||||||
| Durative | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡥᠠᡳ (tuwahai) | ||||||
| Terminative | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡨᠠᠯᠠ (tuwatala) | ||||||
| Instrumental | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡨᠠᡳ (tuwatai) | ||||||
| Preparative | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠩᡤᠠᠯᠠ (tuwanggala) | ||||||
| Concessive | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᠴᡳᠪᡝ (tuwacibe) | ||||||
| Adverbial | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡵᠠᠯᠠᠮᡝ (tuwaralame) | ||||||
| Participles | |||||||
| Non-past | Past | ||||||
| Positive | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡵᠠ (tuwara) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡥᠠ (tuwaha) | |||||
| Negative | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡵᠠᡴᡡ (tuwarakū) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡥᠠᡴᡡ (tuwahakū) | |||||
| Verbal noun | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡵᠠᠩᡤᡝ (tuwarangge) | ᡨᡠᠸᠠᡥᠠᠩᡤᡝ (tuwahangge) | |||||
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible conjugated form of every verb actually occurs.