The
subject and predicate agree in person, gender and number. This kind
of subject-predicate
concordance can be seen in the following examples.
mo
biyu:s
�I
go�
ba
biyen-es
�we
go�
ti
biya:le
�you
go� (sg.)
ci
biya:l-en
you
go� (pl.)
so
biya:le
�he
goes�
sa
biya:l-i
�she
goes�
te
biya:l-en
�they
go�
Adjective-Noun
Concordance:
noRo
byo
�good
boy�
noRe
bye
�good
boys�
noRi
mole
�good
girl�
noRi
moleyo
�good
girls�
i:lo
pani
�green
leaf�
i:le
paniyo
�green
leaves�
lo:do
pu:o
�red
flower�
lo:de
pu:e
�red
flowers�
i:go
mu
�tall
man�
i:ge
mui
�tall
men�
seno
bun
�small
village�
sene
bunok
�small
villages�
Determiner-Noun
Concordance:
The determiner is inflected for the gender and number of the noun.
That is, if the noun is masculine singular, the determiner also in
the masculine singular; if it is masculine plural, then the determiner
is also masculine plural. The concordance may be observed in the following
sentences.
homo
byo ane la
�this
boy is here�
1 2
3 4
1 2 3
4
home
bye ane la:n
�these
boys are here�
1 2
3 4
1 2
4 3
pho
mu
paRi la
�that
man is there�
1 2
3 4
1 2
4 3
pha
tiga
paRi la
�that
girl is there�
1 2
3 4
1 2
4 3
phe
tigayo
paRi la:n
�those
girls are there�
1 2
3 4
1
2 4
3
Conjunction:
Conjunction connects two words or two phrases or two sentences. There
are two types of conjunctions which are used when sentences are conjoined.
They are coordinating conjunction and subordinating conjunction. The
coordinating conjunction may be additive or alternative.
Coordinating
Conjunction:
In Brokskat, there are two conjunctive particles for additive coordinating
conjunctions. They are �ga� and �u:a�.
[ga] conjoins two noun phrase and [u:a]
conjoins two or more verb phrases and sentences. If there are more
than two noun phrases u:a
occurs after the second Noun Phrase.
to-sa:tRa:ti
ha
ha
s
o
i:go
mu
iga
paRi la
