 o
 ka
nym
aji mi tasa
soye mi bito
|
I I-gen girl
friend dat. necklace one acc. give-p.t.
|
|
‘I gave my girl
friend a necklace’
|
|
|
|
I-gen. mother
Tade dat. meat give-p.t.
|
|
‘my mother gave
meat to Tade’
|
|
ka
anu mi
shin
dore mombt
|
I-gen. brother
I-dat. cow one send-p.t.
|
|
‘my brother
sent me a cow’
|
|
o
alyi mi yo ohot
|
I pig dat. meat
feed-p.t.
|
|
‘I fed the pig
with meat’
|
|
o
yo mi alyi mi ohot
|
I meat acc.
pig dat. feed-p.t,
|
|
‘I fed meat
(specified) to the pig.
|
|
|
|
| Instances
are found, where experiencer is also manifested through the dative
noun phrases. |
nmi
lyàbyabine
|
I-dat. get burns-p.t.
|
|
‘I got burns’
|
|
alyi mi lyàbyane
|
pig dat. get
burns-p.t.
|
|
‘the pig got
burns’
|
|
|
|
| Locative
: |
|
The locative case sign is ‘o’. But
it always occurs with any of the determiners (See, also the section
on deixis). If the noun phrase is not specified then it occurs with
the generic marker ‘k’. As already mentioned, determiners are ‘si’
and ‘hi‘. As a result the fusion of the locative
case sign with the determiner/generic marker, they function as a
single unit. The different forms are given below:
|
|
si
+ o
à
so
|
‘indicates location
inproximity’
|
h
+ o
à
ho
|
‘indicates
location in remoteness’
|
|
k
+ o à
ko
|
‘inidcates location
without specifying
|
|
|
| The locative noun phrase
indicates the location of the event/action identified by the verb.
It is also used to indicate the destination. |
m ude
ho dudu
|
he house loc.
stay-exist
|
|
‘he stayed in
the house’
|
|
mmore
ho sne
|
he forest loc.
die-p.t.
|
|
‘he died in
the forest’
|
|
|
|
