ap €
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k r
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ja
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‘Go
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to
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your
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school’
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2 |
3 |
3 |
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1 |
2 |
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wo
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màr€
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s kul
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ayo
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‘He
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came
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to
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our
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school’
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2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
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2 |
3 |
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Temporal adverb phrases are formed variously in the language like (i)
the adverb of time occurring after the nominal oblique form or adjectives,
(ii) the adverb of time occurring after some postpositional phrases such
as /dũ/
(iii) by some noun phrases marking time and (iv) also some noun phrases of
time can take the adverbs of location and whole phrase is the temporal
adverb phrase. A few examples are given from each type.
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(i)
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jIs
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we €
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‘the
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moment
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at
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which’
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2 |
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2 |
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1 |
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Is
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we€
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‘this
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time’
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2 |
1 |
2 |
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rat
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we€
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‘at
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night
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time’
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1
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2 |
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1 |
2 |
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hr
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t  €
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‘every
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day’
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1
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2 |
1 |
2 |
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wo
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rat
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we€
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km
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kr€
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‘He
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works
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in
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the
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night
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time’
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| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
4-5-6 |
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2 |
3 |
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gero
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hr
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t€
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mdrs€
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‘The
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boy
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goes
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to
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school
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1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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1 |
5-6 |
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4 |
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jy€
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every
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day’
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| 5 |
6 |
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2 |
3 |
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h m
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hr
|
t€
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gãyã
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na
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‘We
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milk
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the
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cows
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every
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1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
6-7 |
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4-5 |
2 |
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meã
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day’
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7 |
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3 |
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(ii)
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tera
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a
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dũ
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p lã
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‘before
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your
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coming’
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1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
3-4 |
1 |
2 |
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mera
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dũ
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plã
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‘before
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me’
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1
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2 |
3 |
2-3 |
1 |
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Us
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n€
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tera
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a
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dũ
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plã
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‘He
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did
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the
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work
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before
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1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
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7 |
5-6 |
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km
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kIyo
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you
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came’
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| 7 |
8
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3 |
4 |
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Ustad
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mera
|
dũ
|
pla
|
ayo
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‘The
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teacher
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came
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before
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me’
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| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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1 |
5 |
3-4 |
2 |
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(iii)
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Most of the noun phrases denoting time or order of time occur with some of
the postpositions such as /to i/,
/ma/ or /wr/
which are the postpositions marking direction and location but here used
in the temporal adverb phrases. Examples are : |
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rat
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toi
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‘up
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till
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night’
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1
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2 |
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2 |
1 |
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| |
|
ek
|
kţa
|
ma
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‘with
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in
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an
|
hour’
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1
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2 |
3 |
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3 |
1 |
2 |
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bea
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wr
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‘on
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time’
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1
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2 |
2 |
1 |
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axIr
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wr
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‘last’
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1
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2 |
1-2 |
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