| Us
|
n€ |
gera |
na |
ek |
g l |
k i |
|
‘He
|
said
|
one
|
thing
|
to
|
the
|
boy’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|
1-2 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
|
3 |
|
| |
|
m
|
ap¸i
|
tbri
|
wast€
|
|
‘I
|
took
|
the
|
new
|
ornament’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
1 |
7 |
|
5 |
6 |
|
| |
n wo |
g  o
|
lIyo
|
|
for
|
my
|
wife’
|
| 5 |
6 |
7 |
|
4 |
2 |
3 |
|
| |
|
Us
|
n€
|
sfi
|
wr
|
ksur
|
ca yo
|
|
‘He
|
held
|
Safi
|
as
|
faulty’
|
|
1
|
2
|
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
1-2 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
| |
|
gero
|
km
|
wr
|
geyo
|
|
‘Boy
|
went
|
to
|
work’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
1 |
4 |
|
2-3 |
|
|
6.
|
Ablative : This is the case of dissociation or source relation
denoted by the nominals with the verbs. It is marked by postpositions such
as {dũ~tũ},,
{na ũ},
{koũ}
and the case suffix {-ũ}
added to certain nouns of place etc. {dũ},
{-ũ}
marking ablative case usually occur with the verbs of motion.
|
|
pttr
|
trUwã
|
bU ã
|
naũ |
|
geya
|
|
‘The
|
leaves
|
fell
|
from
|
three
|
trees’
|
|
1
|
3 |
4 |
4
|
5 |
6 |
|
|
1 |
5-6 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
m
|
ya
|
cij
|
Us
|
koũ
|
ai
|
|
‘I
|
got
|
this
|
thing
|
from
|
him’
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
1 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
|
| |
|
sfi
|
n€
|
mera
|
kũ
|
dati
|
li
|
|
‘Safi
|
took
|
sickle
|
from
|
me’
|
|
1
|
2
|
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
1-2 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
|
| |
|
wo
|
puncũ
|
swe€ |
mU yo
|
‘He
|
returned
|
from
|
Punch
|
in
|
the
|
morning’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
|
2 |
|
|
3 |
|
| |
|
wo
|
s kul
|
dũ
|
geyo
|
|
‘He
|
went
|
from
|
the
|
school’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
1 |
4 |
3 |
|
2 |
|
| |
|
hũ
|
grã |
tũ |
pk
|
mUũ
go
|
‘I
|
shall
|
return
|
from
|
the
|
village
|
tomorrow’
|
|
1
|
2
|
3 |
4 |
5
|
1 |
|
5 |
3 |
|
2 |
4 |
|
| |
|
mera
|
dũ
|
cli
|
ja
|
|
‘Go
|
from
|
me’
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
|
3-4
|
2
|
1
|
|
|
This case is also marked by certain adverbs behaving like postpositions
such as /bIccũ/.
|
|
wo
|
meri
|
pÌti
|
bIccu
|
|
geyo
|
|
‘He
|
fell
|
down
|
from
|
my
|
window’
|
|
1
|
2
|
3 |
4 |
5
|
6 |
|
1 |
5-6 |
|
4 |
2 |
3 |
|
| |
|
wo
|
jÌwi
|
bIccũ
|
geyo
|
|
‘He
|
went
|
through
|
the
|
field’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
1 |
4 |
3 |
|
2 |
|
|
7.
|
Possessive : Possessive is marked
variously in this language. Besides genitive postposition
{-g-~-r-~- -}
which agrees in gender-number-case to the following
noun possessed, there is also the distinction
of alienable and non alienable possession in the
language. To mark the nonalienable possession
{na~a}
postposition is used and to mark the alienable
possession {ko},
{ko€}
forms are used. A few examples are : |
|
|
|
|
|
Us
|
go
|
kr
|
cngo
|
|
|
‘His
|
house
|
is
|
good’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
1-2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
|
| |
|
mero
|
pài
|
It
|
ayo
|
|
‘My
|
brother
|
came
|
here’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
1 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
|
