| 6.1.3 Compound sentence |
| Two or more simple sentences constitute a compound sentence. Each part of a compound sentence contains a subject and a predicate of its own and thus constituting a separate clause. The two simple sentences in a compound sentence may be juxtaposed in Urali or they may be connected by any one of the conjoiners. The process of conjoining can take place between the elements in both the nominal and verbal phrases or the co-ordinated sentence and also between the entire sentence in which case there may or may not be any conjoiner. |
| i) mara:tti kuruvi irukku, pammu irukku |
‘In the tree bird is there, fruit is there’ |
| tree (Loc.) - bird there - fruit - there |
ii) ava pa: iyum a:yum naanda |
she - having sung (and) - having danced (and) walked (P.T.) |
| ‘She walked singing and dancing’ |
iii) ba:veyum dėsiyum ve a:uga:ru |
younger sister-in-law-and - Desi and - playing - they |
| ‘Younger sister-in-law and Desi (are) playing’ |
| iv) pa:Rvadi soki pa:i a:i nadanda:ru |
Parvadi - Sokki - sing - dance - walked - they |
| ‘Parvadi and Sokki walked singing and dancing’ |
| 6.1.4. Interrogative sentence |
| In Urali, mainly three types of interrogative sentences are noticed. They are namely, ‘yes/no’ type, `e-’ type and `tag’ type of questions. In addition to the above mentioned major types, another type of interrogation which involves only intonation is also noticed. |
| 6.1.4.1 Yes/No type |
| Yes/No type of interrogative sentences will be indicated by the interrogative suffix `-a:’. The suffix can be added to the noun phrase, object and verb of a sentence. If the noun phrase has a head plus a modifier, the suffix -a: will be added not to the modifier, but only to the head noun. If the NP has a case suffix, the suffix -a: is added to the case suffix. |
gu avane aittä ‘Gundan bet him’ |
| Gundan - he (Acc) - bet (P.T.) |
| NP + a: |
| guana:avane aittä? |
| Veb + a: |
| guä avane aittana:? ‘Did gundan bet him’ |
| 6.1.4.2 e-type question (WH - question) |
| This type of questions are framed by the addition of the interrogative pronoun to the various personal suffixes and also by the addition of the iterrogative proclitics such as e: and e (4.24.1.2.1.2) to the various post clitics (4.24.2). This e - type questions can be further classified mainly into four types depending on the grammatical category which is questioned. They are, |
