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aiŋ-a |
ka a
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jila?t-jan-a |
ar |
aiŋ |
gi i-jan-a |
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| ‘My foot slipped and I fell down’ |
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30. |
ramo |
kamita?/kamite |
sen-len-a |
ar |
krus¸a |
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Rama |
work |
go-past-cop |
and |
Krishna |
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 a
- re |
tai - len - a |
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house-case |
stay-past-cop |
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‘Rama went to work and Krishna stayed at home’ |
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6.2.
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Internal Structure of a sentence :
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6.2.1.
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In the previous section, we
showed three types of sentences. In this section, we will describe the
internal structure of a simple sentence. The minimum structure of
a simple sentence is a noun which is subject and a verb which is the
predicate. The noun may be a noun phrase and the verb
may be a verb phrase.
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1. |
aiŋ |
sen - a - iŋ |
‘I go’ |
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I |
go-cop-PT |
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2. |
ako |
sen - a - ko |
‘They go’ |
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they |
go-cop-PT |
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4. |
ako |
duraŋ
- a - ko |
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they |
sing-cop - PT |
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5. |
suni |
hiju - a-?e |
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Suny |
come-cop-PT |
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6. |
soma |
sen - a - ?e |
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Soma |
go-cop-PT |
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6.2.2.
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The noun phrase and verb phrase may have more than the subject
and predicate. This may be seen in the chapters Noun phrase and Verb phrase which have
been dealt separately.
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There are some exceptions in the formation of
sentences. In Bhumij, the pronominal subject may be absent optionally as the predicates carry the subject in the
promotional termination. It is also possible to have sentences where the pronominal termination will be marked in the subject
itself.
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The following sentences are without subject but it is
marked in the predicate.
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7. |
jom - a - m |
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eat - cop-PT |
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8. |
kami - tan - a - m |
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work-present cop-PT |
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9. |
kriŋ
- l - a - iŋ |
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buy-past-cop-PT |
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10. |
sen - a - le |
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go-cop-PT |
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11. |
sen - a - ?e |
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go-cop-PT |
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12. |
bhumij - tan - a
- iŋ |
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Bhumij-present-cop-PT |
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6.2.3.
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Generally, the pronominal
termination is marked in the
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