The following simple sentences are imperative sentences. Their subjects may
be deleted optionally.
17.
ate
senome
house-to go
‘Go to the house’
18.
duar ¸igeme
door open
‘Open the door’
19.
aiŋ-ke
moyon kahani udubaiŋ me
me one story tell
‘Tell me a story’
6.1.2.
Complex sentences :
Complex sentence is formed by the combination of a minimum
of one main clause and one subordinate clause. Generally, the subordinate clause precedes the main clause.
The subordinate clauses have juti ‘if’ and reo ‘though’; juti occurs in the sentence initial position and reo occurs at
the clause final position. However, the main clause mostly follows the subordinate clause as shown in the following
sentences :
20.
juti
a?e
hijua
aiŋ
senaiŋ
if
he
come
I
go
‘If he comes I shall go’
21.
juti
aiŋ
besgiaiŋ
aiŋ
gapa
hijuaiŋ
if
I
well
I
tomorrow
come
‘If I am well I will come tomorrow’
22.
juti
a?e
osobiswa
aiŋ
- ke
ragiŋa
if
he
difficulty
I-case
call
‘If he is in difficulty he will call me’
23.
suna
čalakgi
-reo,
ia
jata-ka-ko
manatiŋa
Suna
intelligent-though
it any-neg-pl.
admit
‘Though Suna is intelligent no one will admit it’.
24.
suna
suni-ta?-re
raga?tgi-reo,
jata-ka-ko
Suna
Suni-at-case
angry-though
any-neg-pl.
patiara
believe
‘Though Suna is angry at Suny no one will believe it’
25.
ra:ja
h-ko-te
landa-len-re-reo,
a?e
jari-idi-l-a?e
king
man-pl-case
laugh-tense-though
he
rule-past-PT
‘Though the king was laughed at by the people he continued
to rule.
The conjunctive word occurs after the first
simple sentence when there are two sentences; when there are more than two simple sentences, the
conjunctive word occurs before the
last sentence.
ate
senome
ia
a-ke
i
