| c. |
pfo-sü |
‘he/she who is not
at the place of the speech |
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act and about whom
the speaker does not know |
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anything but has only
heard or knows remarkably |
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little or has vague
memories having known him/ |
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her long ago or who
is the object of the speaker’s unsure quesses’
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Like the clitics, individuates close the phrase.
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{
hi } |
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| 348
|
a |
nie o1
- {i
} |
‘the2
female1 |
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{
sü } |
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{
hi }3
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b. |
nieo1
mamüi kazhü2
{i
} |
‘the3
beautiful 2 female[s]1
|
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{
sü } |
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|
{
hi }2 |
|
| 349
|
a |
iniu1
- { i
} |
‘the2
village1 |
| |
|
{
sü } |
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|
{
hi }3 |
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b. |
iniu1
kajü2 - {i
} |
‘the3
big2 village[s]1
|
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|
{
sü } |
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|
{
hi }2 |
|
| 350
|
a. |
larübvü1
- { i
} |
‘the2
book1 |
| |
|
{
sü } |
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|
{
hi }3 |
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b. |
larübvü1
kazhü2 - {
i
} |
‘the3
good2 book[s]1
|
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|
{
sü } |
|
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|
{
hi }2 |
|
| 351
|
a. |
pen1
{ i
} |
‘the2
pen 1 |
| |
|
{
sü } |
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|
{
hi } |
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b. |
pen1
kakra 2 {i
} |
‘the3
white2
pen[s]1 |
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|
{
sü } |
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|
{ hi }
2 |
|
| 352
|
a. |
mikrüi1
- { i
} |
‘the2
meitei3 |
| |
|
{
sü } |
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{
hi }3 |
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b. |
mikrümüi1
ühopfü2 - {
i
} |
‘all2
the3 Meiteis1
|
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|
{
sü } |
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|
They follow (monosyllabic) case markers of the following
cases : the accusative or the direct object, allative including the indirect
object, locative, ablative and one marker of the comitative viz. he ‘near’.
They straddle disyllabic/dimorphemic case markers
yi, the accusative case marker.
|
|
{
hi }2 |
|
| 353 |
ai1
modokapina-yi- {i
} |
ni-e3
|
|
{
sü } |
|
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|
|
I1
saw 3 the
teacher2 |
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{
hi }3 |
|
| 354 |
a1
pfo2 -no osi-yi-
{i
} |
da-e4
|
|
{
sü } |
|
|
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|
|
my1
father2 beat4
the dog3 |
|
|
he,
the animate allative marker. |
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|
{
hi }2 |
|
| 355. |
·aiho1  kar2
he3 - {i
} |
ta-e 4 |
|
{
sü } |
|
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|
|
Daiho1
went4 to3
the doctor2 |
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{
hi }2 |
|
| 356 |
ni1
pfü2 -he3
- {i
} |
ta-e4
|
|
{
sü } |
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|
|
go4
to3 your1
mother2 |
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{
hi }2 |
|
| 357
|
ona-no1
ovo2 he3
- {i
} |
ko-e4
|
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{
sü } |
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|
‘(the)
child1 went4
near3 the pig2
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