na
vachi porhenaji |
‘having come, you should
read’
|
| ne an codetpen megjalo |
‘having eaten rice, I
slept’
|
| an copeta?etpen
la ri carchamlo |
| ‘having completely
finished eating rice, |
he washed his hands’
|
| vara
kitap porhinon |
‘having come, read book’
|
| an cora inon |
‘eating rice, sleep’
|
| la vachi
colo lapen megjalo |
‘he went, ate and slept’
|
| ne kedam-pen la
valo |
‘as soon as I went, he
came’
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|
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The contra-propositional
conjunction is bonta ‘but’ and it conjoins two sentences
of which the second is a denial of some inference that is based
on the first. The other forms are bonchita, chita and
kintu.
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|
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| ne conaji
apotlo bonta ne cocedet |
‘I had to eat but I did
not eat’
|
| etum damnaji
apotlo bonta damun?edet |
‘we had to go but did
not go’
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4.3.3.
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The Complex Sentence
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The complex sentence
consists of one main clause and one subordinate clause. The
subordinate clause in Karbi are discussed below.
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| Purposive |
| |
It is formed by adding
aphan or pu ‘for’ to the future form of the verb
or to the verbal noun.
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|
| ne la
ciluji aphan laroy
dam ] |
| ne la
ciluji pu
laroy
dam ] |
‘I go to the river to
wash’
|
| ne arni vata
lakapalu
aphan laroy |
| lochey ponlo |
‘I use to take the horse to the river for washing’
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|
| Infinitive |
|
The infinitive clause is
expressed by the future form of the verb.
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|
| ne vali ne niha |
‘I like to come’
|
| ne megjaji neniha |
‘I want to sleep’
|
| laan coji aniha |
| ‘he likes to eat rice’ |
Conditional |
The conditional clause
indicates that the action mentioned by the finite verb takes
place only if the condition mentioned by it is met with. It is
expressed by adding -te, achonte to the verb.
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| nacolote ne dampo |
‘if you eat, I shall go’
|
| ok dote an come |
‘if there is meat, the
meal is good’
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