avaru    enne    malegau    inda    a:tela    malevaka:i    1         2           3                        4             5

'They    were    to    see    me    but    did    not    see'    1                 3              2        4        5

But the presence of conjunctive or disjunctive is optional. Any two related independent clauses could be combined by a pausse, if there is continuity of topic.

8.1.2.    Minor sentences

The sentences of this class include predicate without subject, vocatives, exclamations, interjections, fragments of the type of short replies.

(i)    Predicate without subject

Some of the examples of this type are

are '(you) beat' kuimi '(you) please drink' po:yi '(you) go'

(ii)    Vocatives

The vocative types of minor sentences are formed by suffixing the vocative suffix to the noun stem.

O! be:re: 'oh! Byra' O! boi 'oh! Belli'

(iii)     Exclamation

Some of the examples of this type of sentences are

appa 'to indicate the impossibility' a: a:ne 'oh! elephant'

(iv)    Interjection

o: o: 'is it' tu 'stupid'