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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
6. ava:uku nalla ba:ku parenja
  she (Dat) -good (Adj) -word -said (Past)
  ‘He spoke good words to her’
 
7. “ni:yu ippimaleku po:gau  
  you (Sg) -Ippimale (Dat) -go (definitive)  
  a:e ikkau u:e ikkaa”
  there -to be (definitive) -here -to be (negative)
  enja:u parenja    
  (quotative) -said (Past)    
  ‘You go to Ippimale and be there, don’t be here'
 
8. ava:u ca:yiua moe moai
  she -beautiful-(appellative -existential) -boy-girl
  a:taru      
  to become (Past)    
  ‘She became a beautiful boy and a girl’
 
9. ava:ru ippimaleli malenja:iindaru  
  they -Ippimale (Loc) -wandering (Non-past progressive)  
  'They were wandering in the Ippimale’
 
10. ca:la kolla-ti-li ba:lyaka:re a:taru
  more -year (Loc) -young -become (Past)
  ‘They grewup in years’  
 
11. ava:ruku muu ka:i onju: ka:i
  they (Dat)- dhoti (Neg) -nothing (Neg)
  ‘They did not have cloth’
 
12. ava:ruku pire ka:i  
  they (Dat) -house (Neg)  
  ‘They did not have the house’
 
13. ava:rune mu:pa tambira malenja
  they (Acc)- head Tambira- saw
  ‘The head Tambira saw them’
 
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