| while
the others express endearment, contempt or certainty. These morphemes
are called particles. The conjunctions and disjunctions are also included
in this. |
| 3.4.1.
There are five different particles of emphasis : |
| a)
|
s |
|
| b)
|
la~sla |
|
| c)
|
l |
|
|
d)
(i) g  a |
(ii)
ma |
| e)
|
bla |
|
| f)
|
las |
|
| a)
|
s : |
It
emphasises a part of the sentence. |
|
|
| Examples : |
bu-s tam khlaynani |
| ‘What is to
be done now ?’ |
kra
ani-thani- s |
| ‘The turtle
is right with me.’ |
yakhu phalkay-s puy ha manani. |
| ‘There will
be money only be selling the mat.’ |
| b) |
la ~
sla : |
It is a sort
of provocative for the listener to reply a kind of
question that anticipates some answer. |
|
|
| Examples : |
b rgni
tmu nay-la |
| ‘Do observe
the behaviour of the man.’ |
|
m ahay khlay
nยต-sla |
| ‘We do like
this, what about you?’ |
| c) |
l: |
It denotes contempt
and is added only to nouns. |
|
|
| Examples : |
| samani-l
ktr
ktr |
| ‘Talking is
certainly big.’ |
| bsag-l naychigy
nugya |
| ‘Don’t
you look at your body properly?’ |
| d) |
(i) ga: |
It emphasizes
the quality that is referred to. |
|
|
| Examples: |
| kamini
t
kaham-g&a |
| ‘All are very
nice in the village.’ |
| b slr
ga |
| ‘He is very
lazy.’ |
| ii) |
ma: |
It also emphasises
the quality of the thing referred to. |
|
|
| Examples : |
| b
bmrmy
naythg-ma |
| ‘That girl
is very beautiful.’ |
|
b
nk
ktr-ma |
| ‘That house
is very big.’ |
