| 2.4.9.
Disjunction : |
| i) phiya
‘but’ conjoins two sentences the second of which is
a denial of some inference based on the first. |
| Example
: |
amiN
 hin 
aw
phiya sµyn
kiriag |
| "The
cat eats the mouse but is afraid of the dog. |
| ii) kintu
‘but’ |
| Example
: |
b
phaynani muu &akkha
kintu maliya |
| ‘He
wanted to come but could not.’ |
| SYNTAX |
| The Kokborok
sentences can be classified into three kinds, viz., 1) simple
2) compound and 3) complex. |
| 4.1.
The simple sentence: |
| A simple
sentence consists of one subject and one predicate. The predicate
may take objects, either direct or indirect. If both direcft and indirect
objects are present with the predicate, usually the indirect object
precedes the direct object. The subject may be absent in the imperative. |
| 4.1.1.
Word order : |
| Usually
the word order in a sentence is like the following: |
|
1)
|
S
|
+
|
P
|
|
|
|
m sa
|
|
himb
|
|
|
|
tiger
|
|
walks
|
‘the
tiger is walking
|
|
|
tk
|
|
pug
|
|
|
|
bird
|
|
calls
|
‘the
bird is calling’
|
|
|
ama
|
|
phay
|
|
|
|
mother
|
|
comes
|
‘the
mother is coming’
|
|
|
|
2)
|
(i)
|
S
|
P
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|
DO V
|
|
|
|
|
ama
|
maymµy
|
|
|
|
|
|
mother
|
meal
|
cooks
|
‘mother
is cooking the meal’
|
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