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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF URALI
Sam Mohan Lal
6.1.1.2 Existential sentence
Within the simple sentence, there are a few irregular verbs indicating existence and these verbs are not inflected for number, gender and person.
6.1.1.2.1 Absolute existence
toga uu ‘There is god’
god - exists
6.1.1.2.2 Locational existence
ba:vili ni:ru uu ‘Water (is there) in the well’
well (Loc.) - water - exist
ka:ili pa:Ru uu ‘Eagle (is there) in the forest’
forest (Loc.) - eagle - exist
6.1.1.2.3 Temporal existence
na:e satyamangala:tti ‘Tomorrow (there is a) devotional song (programme) in Sathyamanga-lam’
tomorrow - Satyamangalam(Loc.)
toga pa:u uu
devotional - song - exist
Within the simple sentnece framework, a dative subject type sentence is also found. This dative subject sentence is used in the following senses.
6.1.1.2.4 Possession
nanukku ku:re irekkadu ‘I have house’
me (Dat.)- house-have
6.1.1.2.5 Possession of quality
pa:mpukke visa uu ‘Snake has poison’
snake (Dat.) - poison - there
6.1.1.3 Possessive sentence
Possessive relationship between the subject and the direct object is exhibited through this sentence.
avä nanna mü:ga ‘He (is) my son’
he- my - son
adu niya ku:re ‘That (is) your house’
that - your - house

                                       

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