the first
wife boiled
the water
1
 3
 2
čikčigis šoqbu  lens
1 2 3

someone
took
the book
1 3 2
The allomorph-s occurs whenever the stems end in vowels

as s
šiša 
čaqs
1 2 3

I
broke the
glass
1 3  2

bomos
čhu
skols
1 2  3

The girl 
boiled
the water
1
 3 
 2
3.1.4.3.
Accusative
      The accusative is -Ę in Purki3. It denotes the direct object of the transitive verdb. In other words, the accusative is unmarked and there is no explicit marker to denote the object.

khos
na:walčik
sils
1 2 3

he
read
a novel
1 3 2

di
buchas
šokšokčik
zbris
1 2 3 4

that
boy
wrote
a letter
1 2 4 3

mis
zbrulčik
sas
1 2 3

(the) man
killed
a snake
1 3 2

as
kho
hotulčigiya
tho
1 2 3             4 5

I
saw
him       in
a hotel
1 5 2           4  5

a nani 
khera
madra:siya
tho
1      2 3 4           5  6

I       saw
you        last		   
  year     in
Madras
1        6  3             2     5          

 

 4
 
3.1..4.4.
Dative
      The dative case expresses indirect object. The morpheme -la is used to denote the dative case relationship. It has two allomorphs/-la ~ -a/. These allomorphs are phonologically conditioned. The allomorph -la occurs with the noun stems which end in consonants and -a with the noun stems ending in vowels.
srinagar + la ® srinagarla ‘to Srinagar’
1             2   2       1

iskul + la
® iskulla 		  
‘to school’
1        2  2       1

yul + la
® yulla
‘to (the) village’
1      2  2            1

kama + a 
® kama
‘to (the) foot’
1          2  2           1

amerika + a 
® amerika
‘to America’
1            2 2      1

sinima + a

 
® sinima

 
‘to cinema’

 
 

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