(v)    Model sentences

In case of model sentences also the subject noun phrase is not in the nominative case. It is in dative case.

avangu    kure:ya    paa    bo:u     1            2           3            4

‘He    wants    some    money’  1        4          2          3

ena:ku    pire    bo:u     1         2          3

‘I    want    a    house’ 1       3              2

nina:ku    gottuka:i     1              2

‘You    don’t    know’   1                2

(vi)    Existential sentences

Some of the sentences having the auxiliary verb as main verb indicate the existence. Like modal sentences these sentences have the subject in dative case.

ena:ku    pire    ua     1         2       3

‘I    have    a    house’ 1      3               2

ena:ku    oru    mage    ua     1        2         3        4

‘I    have    a    son’ 1      4       2      3

karpangu    pola    ua      1           2        3

‘Karpa    has    lands’    1        3         2