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ii)bo ipillima:na a e ka a |
‘Boli saw a herd of spotted deer’ |
| ka:ukkemaraveuga:kkupo:na:i |
‘When (Boli) went to (the) forest in order to cut (the) tree’ |
| iii)u:rugvüeammänepiittä |
‘village elder caught (my) father’ |
| ammäaaneaitta:i |
‘When (my) father bet (the) brother |
| 6.1.2.2 Conditional sentence |
| The conditoinal sentences in Urali are expressed by the addition of the subordinate construction -a:kki (4.16.1) after the verb. |
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i)puliyepa:tta:kkiavä naungugä |
| tiger (Acc) - see - if - he - shiver (P.T.) |
‘If he sees the tiger he will shiver’ |
| ii)nammo:ukkuni:ka:ukkevanda:kki |
| we (Soc.) - you (sg.) - forest (Dat.) come - if |
| a:ve:lene se:gila |
| that - work (Acc.) do - may |
‘If you come with us to the forest,may do that work’ |
| iii)mara:ttiė:Rina:kkipammuchikkugadu |
| tree (Loc.) - climb - if - fruit - get - will |
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“If (you) climb the tree (you) will get the fruit’ |
| Clause analysis |
| In all the above mentioned complex sentences, the subordinate clause consists of a conditional element. |
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i)avä naungugä |
‘He shivers’ |
| puliye pa:tta:kki |
‘If (he) sees (the) tiger’ |
| ii)a: ve:lene se:gila |
‘(We) may do that work |
| nammo:ukku ni:ka:ukke vanda:kki |
‘If you come to the forest with us’ |
| iii) pammu cikkugadu |
‘(you) will get the fruit’ |
| mara:tti ė:Rina:kki |
‘If (you) climb the tree’ |
