ho : It indicates the expression of an idea.
|
| ne kedamloho |
‘I am going’ |
|
dey : It emphasises the occurrence of an event. dey
can precede or follow ho.
|
| ne kedamlodey |
‘yes, I am going’ |
| ne kedamlohodey |
‘yes, I am going’ |
junlona deyho
|
‘yes, we drink’ |
|
to : It expresses agreement
|
| to juntha |
‘yes, please drink’ |
|
chi : It indicates emphasis.
|
| ne hemchi do |
‘I am at home only’ |
|
aru : It conjoins two sentences. lapen is another
form used for the same purpose.
|
| tumi la valo
aru pini netum coraplo |
‘he came yesterday and we ate
together today’
|
|
pen : It conjoins two or
more nouns. With more than two nouns, it is added before the
last noun.
|
|
| notbuk, kitap pen penchil |
‘notebook, book and pencil’
|
| bonta :
It connects two sentences of which the second is a denial
of the first. kintu, chita and bonchita are
its variants. |
ne pe thaknaji
apotlo bonta ne thakthedetlo |
‘I had to weave cloth but I did
not weave’
|
ba : It disjoins two or more
nouns. With more than two nouns, it is added before the last
noun.
|
| la bahini
ba bakethom
aochopomar |
‘these two or three boys’
|
| |
ram, modhu, hori ba chondro |
| ‘Ram, Madhu, Hari or Chandra’ |
|
lachi : It links two simple sentences of which the first
is the cause of the second one. It occurs at the beginning
of the second sentence referring to the effect.
|
ne jal celo?un?edet.
lachi pini ne damdedet |
| ‘I could not get my net. So I
did not go today’ |
ke : It denotes definiteness
|
| la-ke |
‘he, she, it (Prox.) (Def.)’ |
| lahuyke |
‘they (Neut.) (Prox.) (Def.)’ |
| keprapke |
‘so soon (Def.)’ |
| aphrke
|
‘formerly (Def.)’ |
|
|
cho : It specifies a person or thing
|
| lacho |
‘it, this (Spec.)’ |
| lacho amonit |
‘this (Spec.) man’ |
lacho aphi
|
‘after this (Spec.)’
|
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