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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
na:nu    nina:kindu    ugera
   1             2             3
 
'I    am    taller    than    you'
     1         3                  2
 
2.    Complex sentences
Complex sentences, as we said earlier, have two or more clauses. In such cases one independent clause is obligatory and all other clauses are dependent clauses. There are different elements that connect both the clauses. On the basis of such elements we can have the following types of complex sentences in Yerava.
 
(i)    Contitional
 
maye    amayateku    ariya:yicu    bandindela   bue    ca:yile    ippainda
  1               2                 3                  4          5           6             7
 
'If    it    had    rained    intime    crop    would    have    been    good'
 4                                 3    2       5                           7          6
 
ave    bandela    na:nu    po:nje
  1      2     3         4          5
 
'If    he    comes    I    would    go'
  2    1       3        4            5
 
ave    tondereli    indela    ni:yu    ka:gada    eydinje
  1         2             3          4            5             6
 
'If    he    is    in    trouble    you    write    letter'
   1        3               2           4        6         5
 
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