The sentences may be classified into different
types on the basis of function and structure. The three basic functions of
the sentence are statement, question and
command. Based on the structural configuration, the sentences may be
classified into simple, complex and compound.
The simple sentence may have one main clause consisting of a subject and a predicate. The complex sentence has one
main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. The compound sentence has two or more main clauses conjoined
by a morphological or syntactic marker.
6.1.1.
Simple Sentences :
1.
aiŋ
senaiŋ
‘I go’
2.
am
senam
‘you go’
3.
ako
senako
‘They go’
4.
a?e
duraŋ
tantaikena?e
‘she was singing’
The above sentences are simple because they
have one subject and one predicate. These are simple sentences as they
do not have any other NP besides the subject,
any other verb besides the predicate and no modifiers of the subject and
predicate.
2.
The following sentences are also simple sentences but they have complements
to the predicate.
5
setaa
nere mena
‘The dog is here’
dog here is
6.
rimbil sirmare mena
‘The sky is above’
7.
a?e da?a nu?ukeda?e
‘She drank water’
She water
drank
8.
a?e mai
jomkeda?a
he rice ate
‘He ate rice’
9.
ako babako irkeda
they paddy cut
‘They reaped
the paddy’
10.
bia
ebul
četan-re
mena
‘The book is on the table’
book table over is
11.
pisa
baks bitarre mena
money box inside
is
‘Money is in the bos’
12.
ha
are
menagia
man house-in is
‘The man is in the house’
3.
The following simple sentences are
interrogative sentences.
a
nere mena
i
jomkeda?a
i
