When
qualificatory verbs are used in comparative degree constructions,
a separate verb ‘ya’ is added at the end of the sentence following
the qualificatory verb.
mado rinyo mi kapyo yado.
Mado Rinyo acc. see-good verb-exist
‘Mado is more beautiful than Rinyo’
ika
san
mi siksa san
si oho
that tree acc. this tree det. tall
yado
verb-exist
‘that tree is taller than this tree’
The
Superlative Degree Construction :
The
superlative degree construction is formed by adding the verb ‘ja’
following the qualificatory verb.
yasi
kapyo jado
‘Yasing is the most beautiful’
Yasing see-good verb-exist
ika
san
si oho jado
that tree det. tall verb-exist
‘that tree is the tallest’
Conditional
Clauses : Conditional sentences involve two
sentences, (1) the sentence that contains the conditional proposition
is converted into a conditional clause and (2) the occurence of
the proposition in the other sentence (the one other than the conditional
clause) depends on the accomplishment of the condition given in
the conditional clause. Apatani makes use of the marker ‘koda’
to form conditional clause. It is added to the conditional verb
and usually the conditional clause takes the sentence initial position.
alyi akoda m
latbnedo
‘if pig comes, he will catch (it)’
pig come-cond. he catch-tense
n
amakoda o
intema
'if you do not come, I will not go’
you come-neg-cond. I go-tense-neg.
n
dute ma koda mo inekudo
‘if you do not sit, he will go’
you sit-tense neg.-cond. he go-tense
Concessive
: They are formed from the underlying complex structures. The
concessive appears in the sentence initial position. The concessive
marker is inserted in between the component sentences. The component
sentences
appear as such.
sido
ka
san
lat
