| d€
|
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‘and’
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|
phIr
|
|
‘yet’
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|
phIr
wi
|
|
‘still’
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|
w r
|
|
‘but’
|
|
ya
|
|
‘or’
|
|
tde
|
|
‘then only’
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|
d€phIr
|
|
‘and yet’
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n ĺd€
|
|
‘other with’
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Is wast€
|
|
‘so, that’s why’
|
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kyũ
je
|
|
‘because’
|
|
tã jẽ
|
|
‘so that’
|
| na----na |
|
‘neither-----nor’ |
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(1)
|
/d€/
‘and’ joins two independent clauses and compound sentences so formed
can be termed as co-ordinate sentences. /d€/
would always occur in between the two clauses and the actions denotes by
the clauses linked with this connective either denote simultaneous or
sequential actions. In the simultaneous action, the relationships between
the clauses can be cause result relationship. Examples are :
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|
| |
|
‘The
|
siren
|
blew
|
at
|
8
|
O’clock
|
and
|
people
|
started |
working’ |
|
1
|
4 |
|
2 |
3 |
5 |
6-7 |
9-10 |
8 |
|
| |
|
m
|
sa a
|
ds
|
bja
|
gi
|
gi
|
pg
|
li
|
d€
|
hũ
|
saa
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
‘I
|
got |
the |
10.30 |
bus |
and |
reached |
the |
office |
at |
11.30 |
|
1
|
7-8 |
|
2-3-4-5 |
6 |
9 |
16-17 |
|
14-15 |
|
11-12-13 |
|
| |
|
|
|
(2)
|
/phIr/
‘yet’ connective joins clauses and the clause following the connective
/phIr/
usually denotes the unexpected action to the clause that precedes it. |
|
Examples are :
|
|
tm
|
Ut
|
tha
|
phIr
|
cUp
|
réya
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
| |
‘You (pl.)
|
were |
there |
and |
yet |
kept |
quiet’ |
|
1
|
3 |
2 |
|
4 |
6 |
5 |
|
|
/phIr/
can occur with emphatic particle /wi/ and thus the clause following /phIr
wi/ like /phIr/
also denotes the unexpected result. Examples:
|
|
mInna
|
do
|
bj€
|
go
|
kéyo
|
wo
|
tho
|
phIr
|
wi
|
mero
|
km
|
ní
|
mUkyo
|
|
1
|
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
|
| |
|
I
|
was |
told |
(to finish the work) |
by |
two |
O’clock |
still |
|
1
|
7 |
5-6 |
|
|
2 |
3 |
8-9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
my |
work |
did |
not |
finish/complete. |
|
|
|
10 |
1 |
|
12 |
13 |
|
|
|
|
3.
|
/wr/ ‘but’ adversative connective when joins two main clauses,
the preceding clause marks the desirability and the following clause
joined with the connective denotes the cause of unfulfilment of the
action. This also joins two clauses of antithetic actions. |
|
Examples are :
|
|
m
|
ja o
|
tho
|
wr
|
geyo
|
ní
|
|
‘I
|
had
|
to
|
go
|
but
|
I
|
did
|
not’
|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
2 |
4 |
1 |
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6 |
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