Download AO Grammar Book --Select Grammar Book-- ABUJHMARIA Grammar ANGAMI Grammar AO Grammar APATANI Grammar BHUMIJ Grammar BROKSKAT GOJRI Grammar HMAR Grammar KARBI Grammar KOKBOROK Grammar KUVI Grammar LOTHA Grammar MAO NAGA Grammar MISHMI Grammar MISING Grammar MUNDARI Grammar NAGA PIDGIN Grammar PURKI Grammar SEMA Grammar Theory of Binding Grammar URALI Grammar A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA                              pá yási            au                                    ‘he came yesterday’                      he yesterday came                        ní awonu auc                                       ‘I will come to night’                      I tonight come will                        ná yái au                                              ‘you (sg.) come here’                      you here come                        yáci wó                                                   ‘go there’                      there go                        ní n ten ìnyàk-c au-c                   ‘I will come with you                      I you with work to come will                           to work’               The verb may consist of a negative marker, as aspect marker, auxiliary verb, a tense and a mood marker. Their surface order can be expressed in the following formula.                                  + Neg     +   V +   [Asp   + Aux]      + Tense                                                           mood              As further condition in this formula, it must be stated that when the aspect is either habitual or perfect, there is no tense marker and consequently there is auxiliary verb which carries the tense.          pá au            ‘he came           pá mau            ‘he did not come’        he came                                  he not come          pá aci                ‘he ate’        he ate          pá campí mes    ‘he started talking’        he talk started          ní aci-c                    ‘I will eat’        I eat will          pá coffee   cem-taki      ‘he is drinking coffee’        he             drink(-asp)          ní cem-ya liyas                    ‘I was drinking’        I drink(-asp) was          lá ìnyàke              ‘she works’             lá mi-y-ìnyàke          ‘she does not work’        she works                                             she not work           lá ci-y-e            ‘she eats’         she eat (tense)           ná apu cla             ‘you (sg.) must carry’         you carry must          panok au(a)kok      ‘they may come’        they         come may        (animate)          ná meca tok                ‘you (sg) can sleep’        you sleep can          ná ó              ‘you go’         ná tawó                 ‘you don’t go’        you to                                you don’t go          ná au            ‘you come’      ná tau               ‘you don’t come’        you come                               you don’t come   7.4. Sentences :        The sentences in Ao may be divided into three kinds : Simple, Compex and Compound. 7.4.1.     A simple sentence is a construction which consists of only one sentence.         pá au                              ‘he came’       he came         pá nisó tiyia liye        ‘he is a fat person’       he person fat       is         ní yaden aó                         ‘I saw yaden’       I  yaden  saw         ní     yási         yaci     awo                ‘I went there yesterday’       I    yesterday   there     went     Previous Next Top   AO Grammar Index Page   FeedBack | Contact Us | Home