1.    Simple sentences

The word order in Yerava is subject, object and verb. On the basis of the elements present in the simple sentences, the following important types of sentences are identified.

(i)    Equational sentences

This type of sentences have noun phrases in both subject predicate positions.

ava:u    moati      1            2

‘She    is    a    girl’   1                   2

ive     pu:eya  1           2

‘These    are    cats’    1                  2

ave    boka   1        2

‘He    is    Bolka’  1             2

The predicate may have noun or pronoun or an adjective.

a:    pire    enna 1      2         3

‘That    house    is    mine’    1        2                3

a:    pire    baliye 1       2        3

‘That    house    is    big’    1         2              3

ave    baliya    pire  1         2         3

'That    is    a    big    house’    1                   2         3