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(b)  55. 1.  cüdu-no ‘when ?’
     
*1a.  cüdu-no-e
     
2.  adi-y-a ‘what is it ?’
     
*2a.  adiya-e
     
(c)   imperatives
     
56 1.  ta-o ‘go’
     
*1a.  ta-o-e
     
2.  ta-hio ‘go’
     
*2a.  ta-hio-e
     
3.  to-lo ‘eat’
     
*3a.  to-lo-e
     
4.  vu pi-o ‘come (for me)’
     
*4a.  vu pi-o-e
     
5.  vu pihio ‘please do come’
     
*5a.  vu pihio-e
     
6.  bu-io ‘be seated’
     
*6a.  bu-io-e
     
7.  bu-sho ‘don’t sit’
     
*7a.  bu-sho-e
     
(d)  57.  pfo ta he went
     
(e) 58 .1.  ai1 so2 -la3
     
I1 will3 do2 , am about to3 do2 (it)
     
*1a.  ai so-la-e
     
2. ai1 sho2 -la3
     
I1 will3 drink2 , am about to3 drink2
     
*2a.  ai sho-la-e
     
(f) 59   ai1 ta2 mo3 I1 didn’t3 go2
     
(h)  60.  ni1 idu2 adicü3 vu-e-i4
     
where3 did4 you1 go4 yesterday2 ?
     

(i)

 61 1.  sodu1 mikrüli2 lo3 le4 ai5
     
I5 will4 go down3 to Imphal2 tomorrow1
     
*1a.  sodu mikrüli lo le ai-e
     
2.  pfo1 thie2 mali3
     
let2 him1 die2 , I don’t care a tinker’s cuss3
     
*2.  pfo thie mali-e

6.6.1.
 
The Simple Sentence
A simple sentence is built up of only one main clause.
 
62. 1.  kokho-no1 zhü-e2
Kokho1 is good2
2.  ai1 ma2 pfo3 ta-i-e4
not2 I1 but0 he3 went4
3.  ni1 zhu2 ahie3 -i-we4
what3 (is) your (sg.)1 name2 ?
4.  pfo1 ta2 -amolo-e3
he1 might3 go 2
5.  a1 na-püi-hi2 kra-o3 vu-e4
my1 daughter 2 came4 weeping3
6.  ai1 carü2-o3 mozü-we4
I1 am parched2 and3 famished4
7.  he1 ko2 bu-o3
come2 here1 and2 sit down3

All sentences illustrating ‘main clause’ are examples of the simple sentence (cf. 6.4.1.).
 
6.6.2. The Compound Sentence
 
     The compound sentence is built up of two or more main clauses connected either by the conjunctive coordinator ye ‘and’ or by the disjunctive coordinator moli ‘or’.
 
63 1.  pfo1 ni-yi 2 modo pi 3 le4 moli5 ai-no6 le7
    she1 will4 teach3 you (sg.)2 or5 I6 will 7
     
  2. ni1 izho2 tao3 ye4 ai5 sodu-no6 vu7 le8
    you1 go3 today2 and4 I5 will8 come7 tomorrow6

(The sentences given under 6.6.2. also exemplify the structure of the compound sentence).

 
 

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