{j-enja:u} -enja:u ‘quotative’ |
-enja:u occurs with both nouns and verbs. |
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be:re ‘ippa parenje’ enja:u parenja
1 2 3 4 5 |
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‘Byra said that he told now’
1 3 4 5 2 |
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ave be:re enja:u parenja
1 2 3 4 |
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‘He said that he is Byra’
1 4 3 2 |
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{-po} -po ‘quotative’ |
-po occurs with nouns and verbs. |
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ava:ru inje: ca:yinjoru po
1 2 3 4 |
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‘(They say that) they will die to-day’
4 1 3 2 |
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euvatta e:yu kori cattupo:yaru po
1 2 3 4 |
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‘(It is said that) seventyseven sheep have died'
4 1 2 3 |
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{-o:} -o: ‘indefinite’ |
-o: occurs with nouns and verbs. |
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be:re ka:uku paiku po:njano: to:ateku paiku po:njano:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
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‘Whether Byra went for work in the forest or to the plantation’
1 4-7 3-6 2 5 |