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12.

kuni

duraŋ

- l-a

gomi

duraŋ

- l-a

kuni

duraŋ

- l-a

gomi

oge

Kuny

sing

- past

and

Gomy

also

‘Kuny sang and Gomy also’

13.	gomi	duraŋ	-l- a	ar	domi	oge	duraŋ	-l -a
	Gomy	sing	- tense	and	Domy	also	sing	- past

‘Gomy sang and Domy also sang’

14.

suni

duraŋ

- le?t-a

soma

oge

duraŋ

-le?t-a

‘Suny had sung and Soma also had sung’.

4. Conjunctive particle : kintu ‘but’

15.	iaa	nere	taiken-a	kintu	seka	gii	seno	jan-a
	it	hre	was	but	soon	away	go-	tense-cop

‘It was here but soon went away’.

16.	a?e	ja?tka	ka	-jom-e-a	kintu	a?e	hoomo
	he	much	not	- eat -	but	he	healthy

bes	-g -e -a
look	tense-cop

‘He does not eat much but he looks healthy’

5. Conjuctive particle : kar ‘or’

17.	am	gaia - ke	joru	au-g-i-	me	kar	seta?-re
	You	cow-case	must	bring-	PT	or	morning-case

joru	hiju-me
must	-come - PT.

‘Either you must bring the cow or you must come in the morning’

18.	baria	kar	apia	koahon	a - te	sen-a-ko
	two	or	three	boy	house-case	go-pl.

‘Two or three boys go to the house’.

7. TEXT

7.1.

taaiŋa boŋga

1.	somoi	anusare	goo¸ado	gotau	idi	-tan-a-
	time	accordingly	events	happen	take	- past - cop-

ena - rea	hisa?p	bano - ga
that-case	count	not - future

Events will take place in course of time.

2.	isaisu	boor	latar-re	oisa-re	akalsakal
	many many	years	ago - case	Orissa - case	serious

	riŋga	hoi	-len-a-do	banau	naten	moyon
	famine	happen	- tense	alive	for	one

	somosa	uuŋ	- len	- a
	problem	raise	- past	- cop

Many years ago, there was a great famine in Orissa.

It was a big problem for the survival.

3.	imin	-leka	h	-dodisum	-tea?t	-konir	jan-a
	many	- like	man	-country	case	- run	- past -cop-

	ar	imin	-leka	- do hasa	- re	- ko	mesa	- jan -a
	and	many	- like	clay	case	- PT	mix	- past -cop-

Many people left the country and many died.

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