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‘She
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would
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have
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been |
there |
day-before
-yesterday
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but |
fell |
sick’ |
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2 |
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7-8 |
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ja
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w r
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mU Iye
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wi
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2 |
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‘Go
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but |
return |
also’ |
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2 |
3 |
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4.
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/ya/ ‘or’ alternative connective joins two clauses to form a
compound sentence in which the second clause conjoined by /ya/ denotes the
alternative for the first clause. |
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Examples are :
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tũ
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jy€
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ya
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ní
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‘Do
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you
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go
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or
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not’?
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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1 |
2-3 |
4 |
5 |
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tũ
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km
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kr€
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ya
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sow€
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‘Are
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you
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working
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or
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sleeping’?
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1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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1 |
2-3-4 |
5 |
6-7 |
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5.
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/tde/ ‘then only’ which is primarily an adverb of time but also
functions as clause connective in the construction of compound sentences.
The relationship between the two clauses is of coordination as well as
sequential of time. Examples:
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wa
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Ut
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thi
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tde
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kId€
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cli
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gi
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
6 7 |
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‘She
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was
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there
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just
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then
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she
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went
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some
|
where’ |
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3 |
2 |
4 |
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6-7 |
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5 |
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wo
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hU €
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Ut
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tho
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tde
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kId€ |
U h |
geyo
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1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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‘Just
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now
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he
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was
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there
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then
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only
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he
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went
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somewhere’ |
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2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
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7-8 |
6 |
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6.
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/d€
phIr/
‘and still’ a compound connective formed of /d€/
and /phIr/
functions to join two clauses in the same way as /phIr/
marking the unexpected action by the following clause. Examples:
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tm
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Ut
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tha
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d€
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phIr
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cUp
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‘You
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were
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there
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and
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still
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1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
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1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
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réya
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you
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kept
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quiet’
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7 |
6 |
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wo
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bua
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wrũ
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ţ ho
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d€
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‘He
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fall
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from
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the
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tree
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and
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1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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1 |
4 |
3 |
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2 |
5 |
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phIr
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khuš
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réyo
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still
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remained
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happy’
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7 |
8 |
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6 |
8 |
7 |
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7.
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/níd€/
‘otherwise’ conjoins two clauses with the relation of result and
effect. The failing of the action in the first clause will result in the
occurrence of the action in the second clause. Examples:
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psa
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Urã
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d€ |
nĩ |
d€ |
hũ
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‘Handover
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the
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money
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1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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3 |
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1 |
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here
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otherwise
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I will
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2 |
4-5 |
6 |
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tInna
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marũgo
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beat
|
you’
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7
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8 |
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8 |
7 |
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| tũ |
apo |
km |
mUka |
nĩ
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‘You
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finish
|
your
|
work
|
otherwise
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1
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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1 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
5-6 |
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d€
|
tInna
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It |
ro |
p w€go
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you
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will
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have
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to
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stay here’
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6
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7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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7 |
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9-10 8 |
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8.
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/Is wast€/
‘so, that’s why’ is a purposive adverbial phrase formed with /wast€/
postposition added to the demonstrative pronoun form, which functions as
connective joining two main clauses which show the cause and result
relationship between the two clauses.
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