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ne bahira-pen va lo |
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‘I came from outside’
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lacho aphra-pen
klemtalo |
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‘I had done this before’ |
The intrusive or
path case is the case of the intermediary object or path
through which the action mentioned by the verb is performed. It
is marked by suffixing -pen to the noun.
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|
vo khiriki -pen ijar |
|
‘the bird flew through
the window’
|
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la hidi abo-pen
damlo |
|
‘he went through (the
middle of) the field’
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ne khiriki-pen lalo |
|
‘I saw through the
window’
|
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ne bach-pen ro
damlo |
|
‘I went to my village by
bus’
|
|
etum eke-pen
va lo |
|
‘we came on (our) foot’ |
3.2.4. |
Postpositions |
Postpositions are formally different from case forms in that
they can occur independently. Postpositions can occur with the
genitive form of the noun. They are added immediately after the
noun and cases such as the ablative and the particle -chi
can occur after the postpositions
in the phrase.
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The postpositions in
Karbi are listed below:
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| 1) |
-thak |
‘on, above’ |
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ne-thak
|
‘on me, above me’ |
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netum athak
|
‘on us, above us’ |
| |
ne phu-thak
|
‘on my head, above my head’ |
| |
ne phu athak
|
‘on my head, above my head’ |
| |
netum aphu-thak
|
‘on our head’ |
| |
netum aphu athak
|
‘on our head’ |
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|
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| 2) |
-rum |
‘below, under’ |
| |
pirthe chini
arum do |
| |
‘the earth us
below the sky’ |
| |
|
| |
tebul arumchi kitap do |
| |
‘the book is below the table’ |
| |
|
| |
la ne-rumchi kam klem |
| |
‘he works under me’ |
| |
|
| |
la rum binon |
| |
‘keep it down’
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| 3) |
-arlo |
‘inside’ |
| |
bojar arlo dukan do |
| |
‘there are shops inside the
market’ |
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|
| |
vokek a-um arlo do |
| |
‘the parrot is in the cage’ |
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|
| |
arlo vanon |
| |
‘come in’
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