| 6.6.5 Verbs in dative subject are impersonal and they are in the neuter forms. That is, the PGN markers are not added to such words. |
nanukku ka:ppi ve: u |
‘I want coffee’ |
| me (Dat.) -coffee -want |
| avanukku ku:re irukkadu |
‘He has a house’ |
| he (Dat.) -house -is there |
| 6.6.6 Concord of verbs in the negative |
Urali verbs with the negative marker -a:le (4.7.2.1) are uniffexible forms and they do not show any concord relation with the subject. The negative marker -ma: (4.7.3.1) which gives the future notion has PGN markers and the verbs with this negative marker observe concord witht the subject. |
| ava ni:ina:le |
‘She did not lengthen’ |
| ni:nu adikke enn:kku po:na:le |
| you (sg.) - there - why - go not |
‘Why you did not go there?’ |
| avä ja:Ruga:li |
‘He does not slip’ |
na:nu na akkamae |
‘I will not walk’ |
| I - walk (Neg.) (P.G.) |
| avä soRigamaä |
‘he will not scratch’ |
| he - scratch (Neg.) (P.T.) |
| 6.7 Sentence variation |
| Various constituent structures are noticed in a sentence without the meaning being changed. Variation in sentences are mainly due to the following two reasons. They are, 1) phrase delation, and 2) change in phrase order. |
| 6.7.1 Phrase deletion |
| Deletion of an NP Nom. is observed if it is in the subject of the sentence. When conjoining particles are added to conjoin one or more sentences, the repeated phrases in the latter sentence are optionally deleted. |
| avä u:dä |
‘He ploughed’ |
| avä vandä |
‘He came’ |
| avä u:du vandä |
‘Having ploughed he came’ |
| he - ploughed - came (P.T.) |
