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lopüi1
ohi ci-e2
sü omatie3
a-no4
pfoyi5
mono-lo-e6
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she1
is blind2,
even then3
I4
married6
her6
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idu1
ocü rü-e2
sümatie3
ai4
ni5
he6 vu-e7
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it rained2
yesterday1
, even then3
I4
came7
to6
you (sg.)5
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a1
he2
kasha3
ho-e4
süomatie5
ni-yi6
sokhro7
le8
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I1
have no4
money3
with2
me1,
even then5
(I) will8
help7
you (sg.)6
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a1
pfo2
koto-ho-e3
süomatie/sütoabumatie4
ayi5
kuki pi-e6 |
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my1
father 2
was poor3
, even then4
(he) brought6
me5
up6
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molili
marks a clause which expresses the result of the
nonexecution of the action depicted by the mian
clause. It translates into English as ‘otherwise’
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ni-la1
ni2
vo3
so4
to5
-i-lo4
molili6
opfo7
niyi8
?9
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do4
your own1, 2
work3
nicely/properly5
. Otherwise6,
(my) father 7
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will10
scold9
you (sg.)8
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2. |
ota
ta-lo1
molili2
ni3
koto hoi4
le5
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do cultivation1
, otherwise2
you (sg.)3
will5
become poor 4 |
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he1
ko2
molili3
mara4
pi 5
hro-e6 |
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come2
here1
, otherwise3
(I) won’t6
give5
(you) gifts4
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mikrüli1
mamüi zhü-e2
ana3
so4
lo/lu5
-*i-e4 |
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Imphal1
is beautiful2
, but3
is4
too 5
hot4
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(d)
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Introduction of the indirect question/choice/alternative
into the subordinate clause is done either by
parataxis or hypotaxis.
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Parataxis |
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pfo-hi1
imemüi2
ho 3
(imemüi) mo-e4
ai5
sü6
mo-e7 |
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I1
don’t7
know6
whether0
he1
(is) (a) Mao Naga2
or3
not4
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2. |
ai1
sü2
mo-e3
pfo4
vu5
ho6
vu le mo-e7 |
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I1
don’t3
know 2
whether0
he4
will come5
or 6
not7 |
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6.4.4.
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Hypotaxis |
Hypotaxis is express subordination
of one clause to another. This is marked by ono,
which, following the mo ‘not’ of the
subordinate clause, becomes mono
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pfo-hi1
imemüi2 ho3
(imemüi) mono4
ai5
sü6
mo-e7 |
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I5
don’t7
know6
whether4
she1
(is) (a) Mao Naga2
or 3
not4 |
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2. |
ai1
sü2
mo-e3
pfo4
vu5
ho6
vu7
le8
mono9 |
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I1
don’t3
know2
whether9
he4
will8
come5, 7
or6
not |
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3. |
ni1
vu2
le3
ho4
vu5
le6
mono7
ai8
ta9
le10
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whether
you(sg.)1
will3
come2
or 4
not7
, I8
will10
go9
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6.5.
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Sentential
Coordination |
Coordination is
a relation of symmetry that holds between/among
sentences, both or all of which are independent.
Coordinating conjunction's whether they conjoin
phrases or sentences, are the same viz. ye
‘and’ eno, ‘and’ which is dated and severely
constrained in occurrence, and moli ‘or’
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1. |
The conjunctive
coordinator ye/eno ‘and’ |
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ni1
ico2
ta3
ye4
ai5
kono6
hata7
-lino8
vu9
le10
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you(sg.)1
go3
now2
and4
I5
will10
come9
next6
week7 |
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2. |
a1
na2
khro-e3
ye4
osa so-e5 |
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my1
son/child2
is strong3
and4
tall5
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Note that in the
second example above, the linguistic material
that precedes ye is a sentence as borne
out by the sentence marker -e so that
ye can not be construed a conjunctive
participalizer. The linguistic material which
follows ye is a sentence too where the
subject has undergone identity erasure. The conclusion
: the sentence is in fact a compound sentence.
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pfo-no1
onamüi-yi-sü2
mihai3
pi-e4 {
ye }5
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lokhrumüisü6
asa-i-e7 |
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{
*eno } |
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he1
gave4
the children2
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sweets3
and 5
they6
were happy 7 |
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movuo-no1
ocu pe2
ye3
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omüi
hopfü4
ano pi-e5
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(the) headman1
spoke2
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and3
all4
listened5
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6.5.2.
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The
disjunctive co-coordinator moli ‘or’ |
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ni1
so-hio2
moli3
ai-no4
so5
le6
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you(sg.)1
do2
(it) or3
I4
will 6 (do)5
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2. |
ni1
pfo-yi2
da pi-o3
moli4
ai-no5
le6
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you(sg.)1
beat3
him2
or4 I5
will 6
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3. |
ni
va1
ri-o2
moli3
ni4
thi-i5
le6
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you(sg.)1
get injected2
, or3
you(sg.)4
will6
die5
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4. |
ai-no1
ka-pe2
sübvü-o3
so-lo4
moli5
ni6
mazhi-i7
le8
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do4
as3
I1
said/say2
or5
you(sg.)6
will8
suffer7
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