The Infinitive

Level 4

ị-/i- + root: to do, doing.

How It Works

The infinitive names an action as a thing.

It can be the subject of a sentence or follow another verb: nwere ike ịga “can go”, chọrọ ịga “want to go”. The object stays after it.

Ịgụ akwụkwọ dị mma.
Reading is good.
The infinitive is the subject.
Ịsụ Igbo dị mma.
Speaking Igbo is good.
Ịsụ plus Igbo.
Iri nri dị mma n'ụtụtụ.
Eating is good in the morning.
A first-group root takes i-.
Ịga ahịa dị mma.
Going to the market is good.
Ịga plus ahịa.

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The InfinitiveLevel 4

The infinitive is the form used after chọrọ, so that row comes first.

Patterns that build on this one.

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