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A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF YERAVA
B. MALLIKARJUN
(vii)    Imperative sentences
These sentences indicate the commands or requests.
 
(ni:yu)    avene    pui
    1          2          3
 
'(You)    catch    him’
   1          3        2
 
(ni:nga)    oa:vuku    bari
    1             2            3
 
'(You)    come    in’
   1          3       2
 
(ni:nga)    baylu    koyyumi
    1           2           3
 
'(You)    cut    the    crop’
   1        3                2
 
amaya,    ni:yu    puene    naatuta
    1            2            3               4
 
'Samaya (Mas),    you    make    the    child    walk’
      1                   2                          3         4
 
kembi,    ni:yu    avena    ka:lune    puitama
   1          2          3           4             5
 
'Kembi (Fem),    you    hold    his    leg’
    1                  2        5      3       4 
 
(viii)    Intransitive sentences
This type of sentences have an intransitive verb in their predicate. It may be transitivizable intransitive verb or it may be nontransitivizable intransitive verb.
 
kallu    poiyinjo
  1           2
 
'The    stone    breaks’
            1          2
 
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