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Simple Sentence |
It is a construction
which has only one main clause. A simple sentence has at least a
subject and a predicate except in imperative sentences in which
the subject is optional. |
A simple sentence may be
declarative, interrogative, imperative or negative.
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| Declarative |
The declarative sentences can be stative or active. The stative sentences state
some information about the subject and may be equation,
existential, possessive or descriptive. In equational sentences,
the subject is identified and in Karbi there is no copula verb.
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lake me |
‘this is a cat’
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| halake ne po |
‘he is my father’
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| lahuy kitap kethe |
‘these are big books’
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| ne men robo
tera |
‘my name is Rongbong
Terang’
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The existential
sentences describe the existence or location of
a person, animal or thing. The existential verb is do
‘be’ which also means ‘stay, live’.
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| ne dakchi do |
‘I am here’
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| ne nehemchi do |
‘I am in my house’
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| na ladak donon |
‘you remain here’
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| nechomar atum iskulchi
do |
‘my children are in the
school’
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The possessive sentences
indicate that the subject is in possession of person, animal or
thing. The possessive verb is the same as above.
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| ne chopi i-nut do |
‘I have one daughter’
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| na
hem i-hum do |
‘you have a house’
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| monit amek hini do |
‘a man has two eyes’
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In descriptive
sentences, the quality, size, colour, etc., of the subject noun
is described.
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| arvo lir |
‘the leaf is green’
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| lacho alo
ituy |
‘this hill is high’
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| ne jondilen |
‘I am tall’
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