12.
|
a?e |
a?e-a |
baba-ta?tea |
p isa
nam - l - a - ?e |
|
| |
he |
he-case |
father-case |
money |
get-past-cop-PT |
|
| ‘He got money from his father’ |
|
6.3.4.
|
Adjective precedes noun; adverb
precedes negative; both adverb and negative precede the verb. These things may be seen in the following sentences :
|
13. |
ramo |
raŋgia |
gai a-ke |
kriŋ
- l - i - a - ?e |
| |
Rama |
red |
cow-case |
buy-past-cop-PT |
|
|
|
14. |
Soma |
moyon |
sagua |
sono |
kriŋ
- l - a - ?e |
| |
Soma |
one |
green |
shirt |
buy |
past-cop-PT |
|
| ‘Soma bought a green shirt’ |
|
15. |
a?e |
moyon |
besaiŋ |
bugin |
olku ihon |
| |
she |
one |
very |
good |
student |
|
| ‘She is a very good student’ |
|
16. |
a?e |
moyon |
besaiŋ |
sugaan |
kuihon |
| |
she |
one |
very |
beautiful |
girl |
|
| ‘She is a very beautiful girl’ |
|
17. |
a?e |
ma¸i-te
|
seno-jan - a |
| |
he |
slowly |
go-past-cop |
|
|
|
18. |
a?e |
isu |
seka |
kami - tan - a - ?e |
|
he |
very |
quickly |
work-present-cop-PT |
|
‘He is working
quickly’ |
|
19. |
aiŋ |
sekate |
ka-iŋ |
ol-dhaia |
|
I |
quickly |
neg-PT |
write-can |
|
‘I cannot write
quickly’ |
|
20. |
soma |
jo-ko |
ka-kriŋ-ked-a-?e |
|
Soma |
fruit-pl. |
neg-buy-past-cop-PT |
|
‘Soma did not buy
the fruits’ |
|
21. |
soma |
duara |
ka - ¸i?
- ked-a-?e |
|
Soma |
door |
neg-open-past-cop-PT |
|
‘Soma did not open
the door’ |
|
22. |
kartik |
bugin-leka |
ka - ol - ja?t - a |
|
karthik |
good-like |
neg-write-asp-cop |
|
‘Karthik is not
writing well’ |
|
|
6.3.5.
|
Interrogative pronoun, generally precedes the verb.
This may be seen in the following sentences :
|
23. |
am |
kana |
au - ked - a - m |
|
you |
what |
bring-past-cop-PT |
|
‘What did you bring?’ |
|
24. |
a?e |
okoi |
heke |
|
he |
who |
is |
|
‘Who is he?’ |
|
25. |
¸iaa |
okoi |
kami-ked-a |
|
it |
who |
do-past-cop |
|
‘Who did that?’ |
|
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