2. |
juti |
a?e |
hijua |
aiŋ |
sen-a-iŋ |
| |
if |
he |
I |
go-cop-PT |
|
|
|
|
| 3. |
juti |
aiŋ
|
besgi-a-iŋ |
aiŋ |
gapa |
hiju |
- a - iŋ |
| |
if |
I |
good-cop-PT |
I |
tomorrow |
come-cop-PT |
|
|
| ‘If I am well I will come tomorrow’ |
|
4.2.6.3.
|
Temporal
|
The temporal clause refers to the time when an
action takes place. The temporals in Bhumij are tayomte ‘after’, ma¸aNte
‘before’ torse ‘as soon as’ and c&imtaN
‘while’.
|
1. |
a?e |
hi?i |
jan-tayomte |
aiŋ |
sen-a-iŋ |
| |
| come |
tense-temp. |
|
|
|
‘I will go after he comes’
|
|
2. |
moyon |
hapta |
tayomte |
a?e |
hijua |
| |
one |
weeek |
temp |
he |
came |
|
|
|
| 3. |
a?e |
seno-jan-tayomte |
ale |
giti-jan |
- a - le |
| |
he |
go-tense-temp. |
we |
sleep-tense-cop-PT |
|
|
| ‘We will sleep after he goes’ |
|
4. |
ko ahon a |
seno-jan |
ma aŋte |
kuihona |
seno-jan-a |
| |
boy |
go-tense |
temp. |
girl |
go-tense-cop |
|
| ‘The girl will go before the boy goes’ |
|
5. |
kuihona |
du?p-jan |
maaŋte |
koahona
|
du?p-jan-a |
| |
girl |
sit-tense-temp. |
boy |
sit-tense-cop |
|
|
| ‘The boy will sit before the girl sits’ |
|
6. |
am |
hi?i-jan |
maaŋte |
aiŋ |
hi?i-jan-a-iŋ |
| |
You |
come-tense |
temp. |
I |
come-tense-cop-PT |
|
| ‘I will come before you come’ |
|
7. |
kulaa |
lel-k-i |
orsa |
hon-ko |
dhau-kia-ko |
|
| |
tiger |
see-tense |
temp. |
child |
pl |
run-tense-PT |
|
| ‘As soon as the children saw the tiger, they ran fast’ |
|
8. |
a?e |
hi?i-jan |
torsa |
ako |
jom-ked-a-ko |
| |
he |
come-tense |
temp. |
they |
eat-tense-cop-PT |
|
| ‘As soon as he came, they ate’ |
|
9. |
 aa |
landu?p-jan |
torsa |
ako |
inna-tea |
| |
house
|
collapse-tense
|
temp
|
they
|
it-from
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
‘As soon as the house collapsed, they came out of it’
|
|
10. |
kuihona
|
 imtaŋ |
dhauta |
taiken-a |
| |
child |
while |
running |
tense-cop |
|
gii-jan-a |
|
