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a. Noun+ Verb
'eat food/ have meal'

'rain'

 'horse riding'

 'sing song'

'play game'

b. Adjective+ Verb
'be happy'

'nice' (lit. nice feel)

'be hopeful'

 'close'

 'work hard'
 'climb up' (lit. up go)

 'to create obstacle'

c. Adverb+ Verb

 'move quickly

 'say loudly'

 'come soon'

 'speak softly'

 'go behind'

 'come inside'

But in some cases noun+verb and Adjective +verb are not considered as compound
verb stems. For instance though is in form of noun+verb, but in fact this is

not considered a compound verb, because this form here does not give the sense of a
single verb. Similarly can not be considered compound verb, though this

is in the form of adjective+verb.

d. Verb+ Verb

 'complete going' (lit. go finish)

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