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9.6.1.2
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Predicative Sentences: in which there is the overt use of a
finite verb. Predicative sentences may be further divided into indicative,
imperative, interrogative.
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9.6.1.2.0
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Indicative sentences are statements. They have the following structures.
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(evasi) haccesi
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‘(he) Went’
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illu manne
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‘(this) Is (a) house’ |
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1 2
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9.6.1.2.3
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noun + noun + verb |
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ta:ta illu manne
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‘(this) Is grand father’s house |
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3
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9.6.1.2.4
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dem. pron. +noun + verb |
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idi illu manne
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‘This is (a) house’
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1 2 3
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9.6.1.2.5
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dem. pron. + poss. pron. + noun
+ verb |
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idi na: illu manne
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‘This is my house’
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9.6.1.2.6
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dem. pron. + poss. pron. + adj. +noun + verb |
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idi na: kajja illu manne
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‘This is my big house’
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4 5
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9.6.1.2.7
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noun + adv. + verb. |
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illu kajja manne
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‘(the) House is big’
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3
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9.6.1.2.8
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dem. pron. + noun + adv. + verb |
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na: illu kajja manne
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‘My house is big’ |
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9.6.1.2.9
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dem. pron. + noun + det. + adv. + verb |
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na: illu ha:raka kajja manne
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9.6.1.2.10
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noun + direct object + verb |
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evasi na´ge
hi:yatesi
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‘He gave me’
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9.6.1.2.11
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noun + direct object + indirect obj. + verb. |
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evasi posi eva¸aki
hi:tesi
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‘He gave (the) book to him
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9.6.1.2.12
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noun + indirect object + direct object + adv. +
verb. |
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evasi eva¸aki
poti nehiki:hiâ
hi:tesi
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‘He gave (the) book to him carefully’
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9.6.1.3
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Imperative sentences indicate
request, command·,
entreaty. In the imperative sentences the subject which may not be overtly
expressed is always second person singular or plural while the object is
always first or third person singular or plural.
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