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wo  mera  dũ g 

bh

wo  ‘He  is  sitting  in  front  of  me’

7 5-6  2-3
 

wo 

mera 

dũ  

plã  

th ‘He  was  ahead  of  me’

2


(ii) Temporal Locative :
 

It marks the action performed in relation to location of time. This is marked almost by the same forms as place or directional locative except these forms follow the nouns marking the time. A few examples are :
 

wo 

d

bja 

dũ 

pIcch 

ayo

‘He 

came 

after 

ten  O’clock’

4-5  3

wo 

ndera 

dũ

plã  

geyo 

‘He 

went 

before  the  dark’

2-3

wo 

pnj 

bja 

to

k

mka 

dgo 

‘He 

will 

finish  the  work  by  O’clock’

6-7  3


(iii) Directional Locative :
 

Direction locative is marked by three postpositions {dr}, {toi} and {tk}. Besides {toi} and {tk} have destination meaning also. Examples are :
 

Us 

d

dekh  

‘Look 

at/towards 

him’

1
 

wo 

tera 

to

ayo 

‘He 

came 

upto 

you’

1  2  2
 

gero 

ap

k

to

geyo 

‘The 

boy

 went 

upto  his  home’

3
 

And 

also 

{tk} 

occurs 

freely 

with 

{toi}.

 

wo 

k

t geyo  ‘He  went  upto  home’

2
3.2.

Adjectives
 

Adjectives are defined syntactically as class of words which occur as modifier of nouns in noun phrases and also as complement of noun in the copula sentence. For example :
 

nIkko 

k

‘small 

house’

2
 

cngo 

gero 

‘good 

boy’

2
 

karigi 

geri 

‘wise 

girl’

2


And also in copula sentences :
 

y 

k

nIkko 

 

‘This 

house 

is 

small’

3
 

y  

gero 

cngo 

 

‘This 

boy 

is 

good’

3
 

ya 

geri 

cngi 

 

‘This 

girl 

is 

good’

3


In all the above constructions /nIkko/,/cngo/,/karigo/ adjectives are denoting the quality of the nouns with which they are occuring as modifiers.

 

 

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