4. SYNTAX
- vah savaoro Gar sao Aayaa.
vah savere ghar se a:ya:.
he morning-obl home from came
He came in the morning from home.
1a. vah savaora Aayaa ³Gar sao ́o
vah savera: a:ya: (ghar se).
- AjaIt Saama kao kama krta hO.
aji:t ša:m ko ka:m karta: h ́.
Ajit is evening-obl work do-ptc is
Ajit works in the evening.
2a. AjaIt Saama kama krta hO.
aji:t ša:m ka:m karta: h ́.
- ]sanao idna kao kuC nahIM Kayaa.
usne din ko kuch nahĩ: kha:ya:.
he-erg day-obl for nothing neg ate
He didn’t eat anything during the day. - ]sanao idna Bar kuC nahIM Kayaa.
usne din bhar kuch nahĩ: kha:ya:.
he-erg day for nothing neg ate
He didn’t eat anything for the whole day. - vah savaoro sao Saama tk kama krta hO.
vah savere se ša:m tak ka:m karta: h ́.
he morning-obl from evening up to work do-ptc is
He works from morning till evening.
The use of the direct forms of the time adverbials savaora savera: and
Saama ša:m in sentences (1a) and (2a) make them ungrammatical.
A postposition may be added to simple or compound noun phrases
that consist of more than one element.
- hmaaro dF,tr sao
hama:re daftar se
our-obl office from
from our office