| Decl. |
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Is rá
kó
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‘Say like this’
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Neg.
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Is rá
m d€/na
kó
|
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‘Don’t say like this’
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Decl.
|
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kU
mar
|
|
‘Tell lie’
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Neg.
|
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kU
na mar
|
|
‘Don’t tell lie’
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Decl.
|
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tũ
jaIye
|
|
‘You (please) go’
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Neg.
|
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tũna jaIye
|
|
‘You (please) don’t go’
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etc.
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9. Interrogative sentences
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In this language the interrogative sentences are formed by adding
interrogative or question particles to the declarative sentences and the
answer can be either in the full sentence or part of the sentence. There
are two types of interrogative sentences on the basis of the answer such
as yes or no answer and the other without it. Yes or no answer questions
are formed by adding the interrogative particle to the whole sentence and
the other interrogative sentences are formed by replacing the answer nexus
word with the same type of interrogative words.
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Interrogative sentences are used in which speaker and addressee are
must. If the speaker uses first person in and also vise versa but if the
information is needed about the other person, in that case the same person
will remain in the answer. Examples:
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(i)
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Yes or no type interrogative sentences are formed by adding /ke/, /kde/
etc. to the sentence.
|
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Int.
|
ke
|
ya
|
teri
|
b 
|
|
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‘Is
|
she
|
your
|
sister?’
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
5 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
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hã
|
|
‘Yes’
|
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n ĩ
|
|
‘No’
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hã,
|
ya
|
meri
|
b
|
|
|
‘Yes,
|
she
|
is
|
my
|
sister’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
1 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
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| |
|
nĩ,
|
ya
|
meri
|
b
|
nĩ
|
|
‘No,
|
she
|
is
|
not
|
my
|
sister’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
2 |
3 |
|
5 |
3 |
4 |
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| |
|
Int.
|
kde
|
y
|
ho
|
sk€
|
|
‘Can
|
this
|
happen?’
|
|
|
|
|
hã
|
|
‘Yes’
|
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nĩ
|
|
‘No’
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and the same way it can be expanded as given above. Yes or no type
question can also be formed without adding or replacing any interrogative
segmental elements but by changing the intonation pattern from falling to
rising intonation. E.g.
|
| t
ũ |
y
|
km |
kr |
sk€
|
|
‘Can
|
you
|
do
|
this
|
work?’
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(ii)
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In this case the interrogatives of the same word class replace the answer
word. Thus the interrogatives can be in each word class such as nominal,
adjectival or adverbial showing subject, object etc. relationships. A few
examples are : |
|
t
ũ
|
ke
|
khy€
|
|
|
‘What
|
do
|
you
|
eat?’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
2 |
|
1 |
3-4 |
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| |
|
tero
|
nã
|
ke
|
|
|
‘What
|
is
|
your
|
name?’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
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| |
|
ku
|
ayo
|
|
|
‘Who
|
has
|
come?’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3
|
|
1 |
3 |
2 |
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