When
a verb is present in the sentences the negative is formed
by adding ‘ma’ to the main verb of the sentence. In such
cases, the tense marker follows the negative.
i
ka nym
h
myu mi latumane
that woman det. man acc.
catch-neg-p.t.
‘that woman did not catch
the man’
m
imimane
he sleep-neg.-p.t.
‘he did not sleep’
m
bimane
‘he did not give’
he give-neg. -p.t.
Interjection:Interjections
are purely emotic words which have no referential content.
It is occasionally used to initiate an utternace. The interjections
are listed below:
kje’
is used to draw the attention of the hearer. This usually
occurs with suggestive constructions.
kje,
alyi mi mensa.
int. pig acc. kill-sug.
‘come on, let us
kill the pig’
kje
tansa.‘
int. beer drink-sug.
‘come on, let us drink
beer’
kje
jiro ho insa.
int. Ziro loc. go-sug.
‘come on let us go to
Ziro’
‘
’ is used by the speaker to express his surprise.
‘i’ is used
by the hearer to respond to the speaker when engaged in conversation.
‘’ is used
to express disappointment when he is unsuccessful in his endeavor
and when something is lost.
‘
’ is used by the speaker to get response from the hearer.
Adverb There are sentential adverbs
and non-sentential adverbs that are contrasted at the morphological
level. The sentential adverb which qualifies the sentential
proposition is marked by ‘da’ whereas the non-sentential
adverbs are marked by ‘pa’. The adverb markers
are added to quality verbs (verbs that describes the quality
of a person or thing like - aya ‘nice’) to form
adverbs.
ka ny
m
imimane
’ is used by the speaker to express his surprise.
’ is used
to express disappointment when he is unsuccessful in his endeavor
and when something is lost.
’ is used by the speaker to get response from the hearer.
