a:    moe    baliye 1         2           3       'That    boy    is    big’    1       2             3       a:    moati    baliyavau 1          2              3       'That    girl    is    big’   1        2            3       a:    moema:ru    baliyavaru 1            2                  3       'Those    boys    are    big’    1          2                3

8.3.2.    Noun phrase+Verb phrase type

Except in the case of Modal sentences, that is the sentences having modal verbs in the predicate, in all other instances the finite verb in the predicate agrees with the head of the noun phrase of subject in person—gender and number in all the three tenses.

Present tense   na:nu    pa:lu    kuikinje    1         2           3 ‘I    drink    milk’  1       3      2     na:nga    pa:lu    kuikinjo     1          2          3 ‘We    drink    milk’   1       3         2     ni:yu    pa:lu    kuikinjo   1         2           3 ‘You    drink    milk’    1       3        2     ni:nga    pa:lu    kukinjiri    1          2            3 ‘You  (P1)    drink    milk’    1               3        2     ave    pa:lu    kuikinjo  1        2           3 ‘He    drinks    milk’  1        3         2