4. SYNTAX
- Agar/yaid baairSa haogaI ifr AcCI f,sala haogaI.
agar/yadi ba:riš hogi:, phir acchi: fasal hogi:.
if rain fall-fut then good crop be-fut
If it rains, then the crops will be good.
The sequence of if - then clause can be reversed.
27a. ifr maOM baaja,ar nahIM jaa}Ðgaa Agar vah jaaegaa.
phir m ́~ ba:za:r nahĩ: ja:ũ:ga: agar vah ja:yega:.
again I market neg go-fut if he go-fut
I will not go to the market if he goes.
28a. ifr AcCI fsala haogaI Agar baairSa haogaI.
phir acchi: fasl hogi: agar ba:riš hogi:.
again good harvest will if rain comes
The crop will be good if it rains.
It is to be noted that the condition marker Agar agar is not deleted,
whereas its co-referential marker ifr phir can be deleted. The
conjunction marker vana-a varna: ‘otherwise’ also is used in condition
clauses.
- kla jaldI Aa jaanaa vana-a maOM Akolao jaa}Ðgaa.
kal jaldi: a: ja:na: varna: m ́~ akele: ja:ũ:ga:.
tomorrow soon come otherwise I alone-obl go-fut
Come early tomorrow, otherwise I will go alone.
The same tense reference is marked in both constituents conjoined
by the markers Agar agar and vanaa- varna:.
4.2.4.6. Concession Clauses
A concession clause is marked by subordinate conjunction markers
such as yaQyaip yadhypi/ halaaMik ha:lã:ki/ caaho ca:he ‘although’, Agar - ifr BaI
agar - phir bhi: ‘even if’, and @yaaoM nahIM kyõ nahĩ: ‘why not’.
- yaQyaip/ halaMik vah bahut AmaIr hO ifr BaI vah kMjaUsa hO.
yadhypi/ha:lã:ki vah bahut ami:r h ́ phir bhi: vah kanju:s h ́.
although he very rich is still he miser is
Although he is very rich, he is a miser.