{ya} ‘or’
is an alternative conjoining connective and joins the elements of the same
category like /d€/ ‘and’
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It
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boy
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run
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{je} ‘if, that’ also joins two clauses in which the first clause
shows the desired result and the second clause conjoined by /je/ denotes
the fulfillment of the desire.
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Examples are :
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cngo
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hoyo
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ayo
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‘It
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was
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good
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that
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he
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came’
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(See also complex sentences)
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CHAPTER IV
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Syntax
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So far we have discussed the structure of words and these words form
the larger constructions like phrases, clauses and sentences. So in this
section we shall first explain the structure of the phrases how they are
formed of words and then we shall describe the sentences and the
relationships between their constituents. In the language all the
sentences are structurally related with each other as each sentence is
constituted of subject and predicate. Predicate will always have a verb
phrase which is the nucleus of the sentence and the subject will always be
constituted of a noun phrase. Noun phrase can also occur as the part of
the predicate as the object of a clause taking a transitive verb as well
as complement in the copula clause. Besides verb phrases can also be
modified by the adverb phrases, noun phrases and the adjective phrases.
Thus
adjectival as
well as adverbial phrases also occur as the part of the predicate.
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