ama + a

-> ama

‘to (the) mother’
1        2 2             1
bucha + a  -> bucha ‘to (the) boy’
1 2 2 1
delhi + a -> delhia ‘to Delhi’
1 2 2 1
mi + a -> mia ‘to (the) man’
1   2  2            1
bomo + a -> bomoa ‘to (the) girl’
1          2
 
 2            1
 
3.1.4.5.
 
Instrumental

     The instrumental case expresses the inanimate force or object causally involved in the action or state identified by the verb. na * embo is used to express the instrumental case.
as hao:dana ńembo barbanpu čaqs
1     2      3 3 4 5

I broke the 

window

with (a) 

hammer
1   5 2

rgyalpos

rargina     ńembo

k
huri 

d
usmanpu      sas
1 2 3   3  4 5 6

(the)   king

killed   his

enemy

with (a) sword
1          6 4         5 3                2

khos      a
 
t
waqna

ńembo

hamlabas
1           2  3       4     5

he     attacked

me          with

(a)    gun
1            5 

 

2              4 

 

          3

 

      na alone can occur with a noun and express the instrumental case. Similarly ńembo may occur in a sentence without na to exprese the instrumental case. However, the occurrence of either na or ń embo is obligatory i.e. the noun without na or ńembo cannot express the instrumental case relationship in a sentence.

 


as

hato:dana

barbanpu

čaqs
 

as

hato:da

ńembo

barbanpu

čaqs

rgyalpos

rargina

khuri

d
usmanpu

sas

rgyalpos

rargi ńembo

khuri

d
usmanpu

sas

khos

twaqna

hamlabas
   

khos

twaq

ńembo

hamlabas
 

3.1.4.6.
 
Sociative

     This case expresses the meaning of association. It is also expressed by -na embo.
 

buchaw

khuri

atana

ńembo

sirinagarla
so
1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7

(the) son

went to

srinagar

with his

father
1 7 6 5 4 2 3

khera

i  atana

ńembo

yos
 
1 2   3  4 4 5  

you    came

with  my

father
   
1 5 4 2 3    

bomow  khuri

amana 
ńembo

delhia  so
   
1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7    

(the) daughter

 
went  to

Delhi  with

her mother
 
1 7 6 5 4 2 3  

     Both the instrumental and sociative use na ńembo to express these case relationships, In instrumental, either na or ńembo
can occur independently with a noun. In sociative, ńembo can occur independently but not na. i.e., ńembo may or may not occur with na. na cannot occur independently. It always occudrs with ńembo.

 
 

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