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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
Interrogating an adverb: Place
Q. ni:yu    na:e    e:e    ikkinje?
  1          2          3          4
   
  'Where    you    will    be    tomorrow?’
   3          1          4             2
 
A. na:nu    na:e    kuatili    ikkinje
   1          2             3            4
   
  'Tomorrow    I    will    be    at    Kutta’
      2          1        4                   3
 
(b)  Interrogatives of ‘yes’ ‘notype
Any sentence can be interrogated by adding the interrogative —o: to any of the constituents of the clause.
 
Q. avau    nina    magao: ?
   1         2           3
   
  ‘Is    she    your    daughter?’
        1        2            3
 
A. tanne    avau    enna    magau
   1          2          3           4
   
  ‘Yes,    she    is    my    daughter’
 1             2         3          4
 
Q. ave    be:rena    baylo: ?
  1          2           3
   
  ‘Is    it    Byara’s    field?
   1            2           3
 
A. alia    ave    be:rena    baylu    alla
 1       2          3            4        5
   
  ‘No,    that    is    not    Byara’s    field’
1        2               5         3          4
 
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