| Dative
Nouns :- Dative nouns indicate the benefactor of the action
and it is also formed by the same was as objective nouns are formed
by adding ‘kobo’. |
| bikobo |
‘one to whom (something) is given’ |
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m |
‘one to whom (something) is done’ |
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| Experiencer
Nouns :- Experience identifies the one who experiences
the action. This is formed by adding ‘bo’ to the verb
root. |
| hayabo |
‘one who is hungry’ |
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| Apatani
is SOV language. The word order in a sentence is as follows |
| Subject
occurs in the sentence initial position. |
| Object
follows the subject and precedes the verb. |
| Verb
occurs in the sentence final position. |
| The
cases like dative, instrumental, locative, sociative, purposive,
ablative, etc., will precede the verb. Since the cases are morphologically
marked in Apatani, the word order in a sentence is free. |
| There
are constructions with nominal predicates and verbal predicates.
The existential sentences make use of the existential verbs. A sample
is given below : |
| Sentences
with Nominal Predicates : |
| yalyo saru ako. |
‘Yalyo is a teacher’ |
| Yalyo teacher a |
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m
lu ajim |
‘they are farmers’ |
| they farmer |
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m
 |
‘he is my father’ |
| he my father |
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inka ny |
‘that woman is my friend’ |
| that woman det. my friend |
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