| tũ |
kItno |
l mmo |
ho |
geyo |
 |
|
‘How
|
much
|
tall
|
have
|
you
|
grown?’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
2 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
4-5 |
|
| |
|
tera
|
nIkka
|
kIt
|
|
|
‘Where
|
are
|
your
|
children?’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
|
| |
|
t
|
ap o
|
km
|
ddo |
kyũ |
‘Why
|
did
|
you
|
leave
|
your
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
|
|
6 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cho yo
|
|
|
|
|
work
|
undone?’
|
|
|
|
| 6 |
|
|
|
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3 |
4 |
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The answer to these questions will be by substituting them with the
words of the same class. E.g.
|
|
mera
|
nIkka
|
It
|
|
|
‘My
|
children
|
are
|
here’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
1 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
|
| |
|
hũ
|
mewo
|
khaũ
|
|
|
‘I
|
eat
|
fruit’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
1 |
1 3-4 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Word order stated in the above sentences is-Subject, Object) (Adverb),
Verb most commonly found in the language but in some constructions this
can be found slightly altered as : (i) object can be transformed to the
beginning position preceding noun phrase functioning as subject. Such
sentences denote the emphasis on the action done by the subject. E.g.
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(ii) Adverbs can be transformed to the sentence beginning position.
E.g.
|
| hU
|
rat |
|
‘It |
is |
night |
now’ |
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
c ht
|
wr
|
pkkh
|
laga
|
wa
|
|
|
‘There
|
are
|
beams
|
on
|
the
|
ceiling’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
6 |
3 |
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
(iii) Usually in the sentence the tense auxiliary is the last
constituent of the verb phrase but in the past progressive sentences it
can follow the contingent form preceding the progressive auxiliary and
denote emphasis.
|
|
hũ
|
jaũ
|
tho
|
lgo
|
wo
|
|
‘I
|
was
|
going’
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
1 |
3 |
2-4-5 |
|
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So far we dealt with only simple sentences constituted of a single
clause. There are sentences which are formed by two or more simple
sentences having a single sentence intonation. Such sentences are termed
as complex sentences. The sentences in which the constituent clauses are
conjoined so that none being dependent on others and in which one is
dependent clause are treated here. In the conjunction of two independent
clauses some transformations such as optional deletion of one
nominal/verbal/adverbial phrase if both are identical and have the similar
function and also pronominalisation and reflexivization also take place.
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Following are the connectives occurring singly or occurring in
combination with other connective or particle to join two or more main
clauses to form complex sentences. Among these there are certain
adverbials or adverbial phrases which also function as connectives.
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