Download Brokskat Book --Select Grammar Book-- ABJUHMARIA Grammar ANGAMI Grammar AO Grammar APATANI Grammar BHUMIJ Grammar BROKSKAT GOJRI Grammar HMAR Grammar KARBI Grammar KOKBOROK Grammar KUVI Grammar LOTHA Grammar MAO NAGA Grammar MISH Grammar MISING Grammar MUNDARI Grammar NAGA PIDGIN Grammar PURKI Grammar SEMA Grammar Theory of Binding Grammar URALI Grammar A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA   Before: The temporal `before` is expressed by the mopheme ya:Rbo. ti ispodyo ya : Rbo mo ut ` I came before you came`  1      2           3      4   5     4     5         3         1      2 tidyo ya: Rbo the soya kRamit     1         2          3       4         5      `he did the work before you did     4    5         2       1     3      As soon as: The temporal marker for `as soon as ` is -a. Ra:m nuf-a mo yu:s      1          2     3        4                `as soon as Rama comes i will go`            2         1          2     3       4                 ti nuf-a ba kaRgiluRno biyenes  1      2     3       4        5 `we shall leave kargil as soon as you come`      3       5         4        2          1      2          2.2.4.4.Relative clause: The relative clause is a subordinate sentence which modifies a noun. paRpo badispo myo hem bet      1              2          3       4      5                    ‘the one who runs there is my friend’                            2        1     5   3        4                      kosa banadeto ho siian bet     1         2        3    4         5           6                    ‘those who will not run are bolder’      4         1            3    2      6       5                        so homupo bet thapa bu bade tanes.   1         2           3      4         5                ‘he is the person who has not run yet’    1  3              2         5     5     4        Rotya kosa oksmo badeto okondi a:m e :kik thapabet      1        2           3             4              5             6      7         8             ‘those who will run quickly tomorrow will get a mango each’                 2            4      3                 1                  8         6           5                           Run bandeto modyo seno bet    1         2             3         4       5                  ‘the one who ran yesterday is younger than me’                            2          1          5        4                  3                 [The man ran yesterday is younger than me.] kosa kRum kRumito teRa us busu     1       2             3           4      5      6                        ‘he who will work will eat’          1              2              5               [Who is working, good will be given to him] ko sinasa silitheto hosina pa:s busu   1       2          3             3           4      5    ‘the boy who studies will pass’            2      1        3          5      4                    [Who boy studies that boy will pass] Negation: In Brokskat, there are three negative particles, viz., na, ne. and nya:l.na occurs both in the negative imperatives or prohibitive and in the past tenses. In few cases it occurs with the sense of denial such as, ‘this is not my house, ‘my name is not Rahim’, etc.                                                 Previous      Next    Top

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