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kaikho1
khrue2
Kaikho1
is going up a steep incline2 |
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kaikho1
larücü2
-li3
tae4
Kaikho1
is going4
to3
(the) school2
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Embedded sentences do not take the sentence-marker except embedded
equational sentences which take it optionally.
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1. |
a hie-no1
{ vu-e }2
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o3
omüi-no4
cüdze5
pra-e6 |
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{
*vu } |
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people4
came out6
into the frontyard5
wondering3
who1
it was that came2
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2. |
adi1
-(ko)0
o2
omüi-no3
cüdze4
pra-e5
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people3
came out5
into the frontyard4
wondering2
what1
it was |
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The following illustrate various kinds of stretches of speech
whose sententiality us marked morphologically :
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pfo1
mikrüli2
lo-e3 |
he1
went down3
to Imphal2 |
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2. |
pfo1
-no2
-e0
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it was/is2
he1
(who) |
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3. |
dii
si1
heno-e 2 |
from2
(the) D.C.1 |
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4. |
hina
zhü-no-e |
(it’s) his
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5. |
mo-e |
‘no’ |
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6. |
bu-e
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‘is/are
there’ |
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7. |
ho-e |
a. ‘is/are
not here’ |
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b. do(es)
not have’ |
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8. |
ta1
mo-li shü-e2 |
must2
go1
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9. |
khiboli-e
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in
Kohima |
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10. |
ko(hi)bvü-e
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how ? |
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11. |
a1
na2
duno-e3
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(it’s) for3
my1
child2
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12. |
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ayi-e
me (Direct Object) |
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13. |
loli1
heno-e2
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(it’s) from2
Loli1 |
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14. |
ozü1
khru-li-e2 |
(it’s)
(in) under2
(the) cot1
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15. |
ahia1
mamüi zhü-e2
Athia1 |
is
beautiful2
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16. |
kralo1
shu2
-e0 |
thanks1
very much2
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17. |
ahie-no1
pe2
(pe+e) |
who1
said 2
? |
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18. |
lokho-no1
ve2
(ve+e) Lokho1 |
stole2
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19. |
pfo-hi1
male2
(male+e) |
he1
is bold2
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20. |
ai1
ta2
le3
(le+e) |
I1
will3
go2
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21. |
bu1
se2
(sü+e) |
is there1
(alone)2
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22. |
lopüihi1
mikrümüi2
-ko-e0
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she1
(is) (a) Meitei2
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The sentence-marker
is dramatically illustrated by consonant-ending
loan words. These words uttered with the sentence-marker
e may sound a trifle odd to native speakers
because no Mao word is consonant-ending. But there
is no doubt that the structure of Mao Naga allows
it :
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lona1
kaikho2
baal-e3 |
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that1
(is) Kaikho’s2
ball3
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2. |
hihi1
a2
pen-e3 |
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this1
(is) my2
pen3 |
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3. |
ai1
ni2
kokhro3
darkar-e4 |
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I1
need4
your (sg.)2
help3
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4. |
südeni-hi1
krismas-e2 |
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the day
after (is) Christmas2
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6.6.0.2.
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Exceptions to this otherwise rigorously applied rule are (a)
yes-no interrogative sentences, (b) some (not all) truncated
question-word questions, (c) imperatives, (d) one kind of past
tense, (e) one kind of imminence aspect, (f) a kind of impolite
negative, (g) when clitics attach to the verb-complex, (h) when
the subject occurs in the sentence-final position, (i) the
quotative which has undergone a historical change, and (j) when
the lexical item mali expressive of ‘I-care-a-hang attitude’
terminates the sentence.
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a1
he2
ha3 |
to2
me1
?3 |
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*1a. a he
ha-e |
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2. |
vu1
le2
ho3
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should/will2
somebody0
come1
?3 |
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*2a. |
vu
le ho-e |
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3. |
avu1
le2
mo3
-o4 |
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will2
(somebody) not3
take food1
?4 |
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*3a. |
avu
le mo-o-e |
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4.
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avu1
le2
mo3
-wa4 |
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will2
(somebody)0
not3
take food1
?4 |
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*4a. |
avu
le mo-wa-e |
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5. |
avu1
le2
mo2
-sa/sha4 |
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will2
(somebody)0
not3
take food1
?4 |
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*5a. |
avu
le mo-sa/sha-e |
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6. |
pfo1
ni2
cü3
he4
bu5
-do6 |
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he1
is5
in4
your(sg.)1
house3
, isn’t he ?6 |
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*6a.
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pfo
ni cü he bu-do-e |
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