The conditional clause
precedes the main clause, jochi occurs optionally in the beginning of the conditional clause
when -t e is used.
ne bojar dam?unji apot jochi na
vate
‘I could have gone to
the market if you have come’
The conditional is also
expressed by adding -tik to the negative form of the
verb.
an cocetik megjari
'if you do not eat, do
not sleep’
ne vavetik
na damri
‘if I do not come, you
do not go’
Quotative
The Quotative is marked
by adding -pu after the quotation if the person quoting
and the doer of the action mentioned in the quotative
construction are different.
vanon-pu ne na pulo
‘I told you come’
cotha-pu ne na pulo
‘I told you eat’
When the person quoting and the doer of the
action mentioned in the quotation are identical and in the same
person, there is no marker.
ne an cojipu
‘I say (I) will eat’
ne damji pulo
‘I said (I) will go’
ne damji pupo
‘I decide (I) will go’
Temporal
The temporal indicates
that the action mentioned in the main clause takes place
simultaneously or before the action mentioned by the temporal
clause takes place.
The simultaneous is
expressed by adding ahut after the verbal noun form of
the verb.
ne kecho ahut
latum vachi ne la
‘when I was ill )at the
time of my illness)
they came and saw me’
ne keladam ahut la amegjalot
‘when I went to see him,
he was still sleeping’
ako indicates
that the action mentioned by the finite verb takes place before
the action mentioned by the temporal clause takes place. It
occurs after the negative form of the verb.
na
vave(y)ako ne valo
(when you did not come,
I came)
‘I came before you came’
Causal
The Causal clause
indicates the cause of the action mentioned in
the mainclause. It is expressed by adding ajok or apot
‘because’ to the verb when the causal clause precedes the main
clause. When the causal clause follows the main clause, athe
‘because’ is added after the main clause.
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