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At the Same Time: -vo

Level 3

Ahendúvo mbokapu “when I hear shots”.

How It Works

-vo goes at the end of a verb. The word before it keeps its stress mark.

Use	Example	Meaning
at the same time	ahendúvo mbokapu	when I hear shots
purpose after a verb of moving	Aju aporomboʼévo.	I came to teach
an action that goes on	ijapu oikóvo	he or she keeps on lying

In ovevejoa hembiʼu rekávo, the flying and the looking for food happen together.

The -vo part can come first or last. It comes first in ahendúvo mbokapu and last in ovevejoa hembiʼu rekávo.

After a verb that is not a verb of moving, a purpose takes hag̃ua.

Ahendúvo mbokapu, aimoʼãjevýma oime ojejukáva.
Whenever I hear shots, I think again that someone is being killed.
Ahendúvo means “while I hear”, and the verb keeps its accent mark.
Aju aporomboʼévo.
I came to teach.
After the verb of moving aju, -vo gives the purpose.
Ovevejoa hembiʼu rekávo.
They all flew together to look for their food.
Rekávo means “while looking for”: the flying has a purpose.
Ijapu oikóvo.
He or she keeps on lying.
With the verb iko “be”, -vo shows that the action goes on.

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The ending -vo says the same thing as jave, aja and vove in a shorter way.

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