THE COMPOUND TENSE OF VERBS IN URMIA DIALECT (SOUTH AZERBAIJANI) AND THE FORM OF -(y)(A)rdlA(r)

Abstract

The compound tense of Urmia dialect was shaped according to linguisticarea of its origin, language contacts and its distinctive system.There are perfect and narrative forms of verbs with compound tense inUrmia dialect. There is perfect compound inflection of all tenses exceptthe perfect tense and imperatives. Narrative compound tense is onlyseen in third persons. The conditional of verbs with compound tensehasn't remained in Urmia dialect. Instead of this, the similar structuresfrom Persian are used.-(y)(A)rdlA(r) form in Urmia dialect is used for present perfect tense.This form is originated from syllabification function. When -(y)(A)rdIlAr form is attached to the verbs, /ı/ ~ /i/ vowels fall in the opensyllable containing the suffix -dI. Remaining -d element is added to theprevious syllable as it doesn't make a syllable. There is a fragmentationas -(y)(A)rd-lA(r) in monosyllable verbs ending with a vowel and as-(KV)rd-lA(r) by taking the last suffix of verb in multisyllable verbsending with a vowel. Also, there is a fragmentation as -(K)Ard-lA(r) byadding the last consonant of verb into the syllable. As a result, a syllableoccurs in consonant-vowel-consonant-consonant format. This syllabletakes on the emphasis in the word.