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9.6.1
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Simple sentences have only one main clause. |
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evasi va:nesi
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He came |
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2
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1 2 |
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9.6.1.0
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Simple sentences may be of the following types |
9.6.1.0
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Copula sentences :These are
sentences of the type noun + noun with no overt expression of a verb, though
the meaning is understood as ‘to be’. They have the following structure. |
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9.6.1.1.1
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Noun |
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9.6.1.1.2.
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Noun + noun. |
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ta:ta illu
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‘(this is) grand-father’s house’ |
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1 2
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1
2 |
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9.6.1.1.3
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dem. pron. + noun |
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idi illu
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‘this (is) house’ |
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1 2
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1
2 |
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9.6.1.1.4
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dem. pron. + pros. pron. + noun |
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idi na: illu
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‘this (is) my house’ |
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2 3 |
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9.6.1.1.5
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dem. pron. + poss. pron. + adj. + noun |
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idi na: kajja illu
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‘this (is) my big house’ |
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1 2 3
4
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1
2 3 4 |
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9.6.1.1.6
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poss. pron. + noun + adj. noun |
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na: illu kajja:di
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‘My house (is) big (house)
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1 2 3
4
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4 |
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9.6.1.1.7
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dem. pron. + noun + poss. pron. + adj + noun |
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i: illu na:kajja illu
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‘this house (is) my big house |
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1 2 3 4
5
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1 2
3 4 5 |
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9.6.1.1.1
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Pronominal predicate |
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9.6.1.1.2
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Noun + pron. pred. |
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illu na:di
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‘(the) house (is) mine’ |
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1 2
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1 2 |
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9.6.1.1.3
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Dem. Pron. + pron. pred. |
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idi na:di
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‘this (is) mine’ |
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1 2
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1
2 |
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9.6.1.1.4
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Dem. Pron. + noun + pron. pred. |
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i: illu na:di
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‘this house (is) mine’ |
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1 2 3
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1 2
3 |
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9.6.1.1.5
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Dem. Pron. + adj. + noun + pron. pred. |
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i: kajja illu na:di
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‘this big house is mine’
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1 2 3
4
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1 2
3 4 |
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9.6.1.1.6.
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Dem. pron. + noun + poss. pron. + pron. pred. |
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i: illu na: abbavayi
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1 2 3 4
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‘this house (is) my father’s’
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1 2
3 4
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