| 1.
VR 3 + adv. + VR2 + T* |
|
VR1
|
VR2
|
VR3
|
adv
|
VR1
|
VR2
|
T
|
 &a
|
i
$
|
ka
|
la
|
tha
|
bay+
|
kha
|
|
eat
|
go
|
climb
|
meanwhile
|
go
|
finish
|
past.
|
|
|
| ‘went,
meanwhile climbed, then went and ate.’ |
| 2.
VR2 + adv2 + T |
|
VR1
|
+
VR2
|
+
adv1
|
+
adv2
|
+
T
|
|
nay
|
+
 m
|
+
lay
|
+
g«ra*
|
+
kha
|
|
see
|
+
hidingly
|
+together
|
+
at first
|
+
past
|
|
|
| ‘at
first saw together from a hideout.’ |
| 3.
VR + adv.2 + caus. + adv. + T |
|
nay
|
+
adv.1
|
+
adv.2
|
+
caus.
|
+
adv.
|
+
T
|
|
nay
|
+
h r
|
+
lay
|
+
ru
|
+
g«ra
|
+
kha
|
|
see
from
|
distance
|
together
|
caus.
|
first
|
past.
|
|
|
| ‘at
first caused to see together from a distance.’ |
| 4.
VR + adv.3 + T. |
|
VR
|
+
adv.1
|
+
adv.2
|
+
adv2
|
+
T
|
|
nay
|
+
hr
|
+
lay
|
+
g«ra
|
+
kha
|
|
|
| ‘at
first saw together from a distance.’ |
| *
The superscript indicates the maximum number of times the particular
cateegory can occur. |
| *
/i/ is the allomorph of / than/ ‘go’ |
*
bay and  ak
are intensifiers. |
*
g ra
always occurs after the causative marker ru. |
| 5.
I. O + adv. + VR |
| tgrgn + ada + dakti + arudi |
| ‘Give
food to the birds quickly.’ |
| The
place of the free adverb is not, however, fixed. It may also precede
the objects. |
| In
Kokborok the predicate can be nominal also. In such a case there is
a copula relating the subject and the predicate. This copula, however,
is optional. The nominal predicate identifies or describes the subject. |
| i..
b ani nk |
| ‘That
is my house.’ |
| b sab |
| ‘Who
is he?’ |
|
m tam |
| ‘What
is this ?’ |
| ii.
b bµrµy naythgma |
| ‘That
girl is beautiful.’ |
b ihiri
h -ktak |
| ‘That
queen is a swordswoman.’ |
| The
be verb is dropped in the existential sentence also. |
| i.
apha ng tg |
| ‘My
father is at home.’ |
| yag ra kµrµy |
| ‘There
is no money in hand.’ |
