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349 |
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pfo-no1
kazhü 2
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his1
goodness2 |
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idu-no
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yesterday |
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sodu-no
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tomorrow |
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ni1
pfo2
adi-no3
pe4
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what3
did4
your (sg.)1
father2
say4
? |
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ni1
pfo-no2
adi3
pe4
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a. |
ni1
a hie-yi-no2
leshü-e3
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whom2
do3
you (sg.)1
love3
? |
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b. |
ni1
ahie-yi2
leshü-e3
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353. |
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pfo1
ayi- {O}2
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da pi-e3 |
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{*no
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he1
beat3
me2
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354. |
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pfo-no1
ayi2
larübvü- {O}3
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masi
pi-e4 |
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{*no} |
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she1
sent4
me2
(a) book3 |
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Finally, a
felicity condition underlying the use of no
is that the listener does not know what the speaker
is identifying for him. When, for instance, both
the interlocutors know that it is Lokho who is
reading, the following sentence is infelicitous:
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355 |
lokho-no1
phro-we2
so |
{maco}
3
-sho4
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{kobvü} |
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(it is)
Lokho (who)1
isreading2;
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do not4
disturb3
(him) |
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4.4. The Intensifier |
a. ba This is descriptive of a general amount
and occurs only with verbs
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356. |
1. |
imeli1
cükhri mohru2
ba3
-te2
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it is2
very (too)3
windy2
at Mao1
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20.
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In the context of its singling out function, it
is not clear what no
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implies in such constructions as
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| ocü
(-no) rü-e |
‘it rained’ |
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2. |
hayi1
sho-ka2
ba3
shü-e4 |
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drinking2
(too) much3
ricebeer1
is bad4 |
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3. |
ai1
larü phro3
ba3
-e2
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I1
read2
(too) much 3 |
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4. |
larü
phro1
ba2
-sho3 |
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don’t3
read1
(too) much2 |
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b.li.
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This is descriptive of general intensity and occurs
only with verbs
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raho-hi
1
oa
a2
-li3
-e2 |
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birds1
are of very3
different kinds2
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birds1
differ2
widely/intensely3 |
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molishü1
-li2
-o1
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very2
urgently1
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c.
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khrü
This is an intensifier which occurs uniquely with
koli ‘only’.
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| padi1
koli khrü2 |
only2
four 1 |
| kali1
koli khrü2 |
only2
one1
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d. te.
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This is descriptive of general intensity, occurs
only with verbs.
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tacü-te |
(it’s)
very difficult |
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dacü-te |
(it’s)
very dangerous |
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mamüi zhü-te |
is
very beautiful |
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| shü-te
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is very
bad |
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| sashü-te |
is
very naughty |
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| to
zhü-te |
it
is very nice to eat (= is very tasty) |
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| asa-te |
are/is/am
very happy |
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| tokru-te |
is
very high |
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| e.
shu. |
This is descriptive of intensity possibly of repeated
action, unlike te which is descriptive of intensity
of one token of an action. Thus,
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| da-te-oi-e |
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would mean ‘beat once intensity’ while
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| da
shu-oi-e
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