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Causative :
 

hũ  

tInna 

Us

 koũ

m ‘I  shall  cause  him  to  give

1  6  3-4  6

dwaũgo 

you 

maize’

5


6. Passive Sentences :

 

So far we have given the sentences in the active voice. The sentences with passive voice also occurs in the language. (cf.pp.192-194). Examples are :
 

Active:
 

m

u

khado 

‘I

 ate 

the 

bread’

3


Passive:

 

mera 

u

khado 

geyo

‘The 

bread 

was eaten  by  me’

4  3  4-5  1


Active:
 

wo  ktab  pє   ‘He  reads  the  book’
1  2  3-4  2


Passive:
 

Us 

kou/dũ

ktab 

p

jy

‘The 

book

 is  read  by  him’

4   5 3  4-5  2 1


Active:

 

srkar 

 gribã  

an 

 psa 

‘The  government  will give

 5

dgi 

money 

to the 

poor’

2


Passive:

 

srkar 

koũ

 gribã  na  ‘The  money  will  be given

6-7

psa 

dItta

 jyga 

to

 the 

poor 

by the

5 6 7 4 3 2

government’

1


And also passives in which the agent with /dũ/ or /koũ/ postposition is dropped. Examples:
 

 

wo 

mare 

geyo 

‘He 

was killed’

3  1  2-3

git 

gayo 

jy

 ‘The 

song 

is 

sung’

 1  4 2-3


There are also objectivized constructions in which object case occurs as the subject of the sentences in such sentences usually those intransitive verbs occur which have corresponding transitive. Examples are :
 

buţ

ga 

pttr

h

 ‘The 

leaves 

of  the  tree  have  fallen’

4  5  1  5  4
 

mez 

pjj

‘The 

table 

breaks’

1

 2  2-3
 

y

 pàr

 tUigo 

‘This 

load 

will 

be 

weighed’

3


7. Comparative Sentences :

 

Comparative sentence is based upon the two adjective sentences and the adjective being the same is related at the surface level with the help of /koũ/ postposition occurring after the second noun phrase marks the comparison. Examples are :

 

 

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