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24.  abu  okoare  dub - a - bu
we where  sit-cop-PT
‘Where do we sit’
abu  skul-re dub - a - bu

school-in

‘We sit in the school’

25.
 am 
okoate
seno-tan - a - m
You  where go-asp-cop-PT

‘Where are you going?’
aiŋ hatu-te seno - tan - a - iŋ
I village-to go - asp -cop-PT

‘I am going to the village’

26.
 ape
imtaŋ
seno-tan - a - pe
You when go-asp-cop-PT

‘When are you going?’
aiN  gapa seno-tan - a - iŋ
I tomorrow go-asp-cop-PT
‘I am going tomorrow’

27
am  
iminaŋ
jagar
ituan - a - m
You how many language know-cop-pT

‘How many languages do you know?’
aiŋ  upunia jagar ituan - a - iŋ
I  four language know-cop-PT
‘I know four languages’

28.
 am
okoa
 bi
namy - a - m
You  which  book buy-cop-PT
‘Which book do you get?’
aiŋ   raŋgia bi namy - a - iŋ
I red  book get-cop-PT
‘I get the red book’

6.9.3. 
Tag question :

The tag question is formed by adding i with the verb or negative at the end of the sentence. The negative tag is formed with the emphatic marker - ge. The negative tag marker is kagec&i; the positive tag marker is i, the Yes-No type of interrogation.

29.
 o?ol-ko
pisa-ko  
hatawya,
kage
- i
writer-pl. money-pl. accept . neg-emph  Que

‘Writers will accept money, won’t they?

30.
o?ol-ko 
pisa-ko
ka-hatawya,
 he-i
writers  will not accept money, will they?

31.
 o?ol-ko
kautar/muhe
pisa-ko
hatawya,
 he-i
never is-Que

‘Writers will never accept money, will they?

6.10. 
Some Syntactice derivations

6.10.1 
Passive construction :

.1Active and passive sentences are synonymous but they differ in their structures.

1.
 aiŋ
hona-ke
 lel - l-i - iŋ
(Active)
I  child-case  see-past-PT
‘I saw the child’
hona aiŋ-te lel - len - a (Passive)
child I-case  see-pass-cop
‘The child was seen by me’

2.
aiŋ 
haia-ke
jom-l-i-iŋ
(active)
I  fish-case eat-past-PT
‘I ate fish’
 
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