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|
he
pos. child male three exist
|
|
‘he
has three sons’
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|
m
k subu
dorkuaxe da.
|
she
pos. mithun nine exist
|
|
‘she
has nine mithuns’
|
|
|
|
he
pos. house seven exist
|
|
‘he
has seven houses’
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|
| Ablative
: |
| The
ablative case sign is a complex morpheme. It is a combination of locative
case sign and the possessive case sign. As there are three locative
case signs (See, locatives), there are three ablative case signs also.
They are the following : |
kok
|
‘indicates
a generic source’
|
sok
|
‘indicates
a proximate source’
|
hok
|
‘indicates
a remote source’
|
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|
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|
I
he abl. money take-p.t.
|
|
‘I
took money from him’
|
|
|
|
he
cow abl. milk catch-p.t.
|
|
‘he
miled the cow’
|
|
|
|
they
farm abl. egg get-p.t.
|
|
‘they
got egg from the farm’
|
|
m
aji sok
adoku
|
he
field abl. come-asp.
|
|
‘he
came from the paddy field’
|
|
|
|
| Temporal
notions are also expressed through the ablative case sign as shown
below : |
|
|
he
three hour abl. sleep-p.t.
|
|
‘he
slept from 3 O’clock’
|
|
|
|
| Sociative
: |
| The
sociative case sign also is a complex one. It is formed by the
combination of ‘agi’
and the locative case sign. The occurrence of the genitive case
sign is permitted. If it is present, it immediately follows
the noun. Its presence is not obligatory. This expresses the
accompanying (i.e., with, along with, etc.) relationship |
