4. SYNTAX
- maOMnao AjaIt kao iktaba dI.
m ́~ne aji:t ko kita:b di:.
I-erg Ajit-dat book-fs gave-fs
I gave Ajit a book.
18a. maOMnao iktaba AjaIt kao dI.
m ́~ne kita:b aji:t ko di:.
- AjaIt nao ApnaI p%naI ko ilae Saala K,rIda.
aji:t ne apni: patni: ke liye ša:l xari:da:.
Ajit-erg selfs wife for shawl bought
Ajit bought his wife a shawl.
19a. AjaIt nao Saala ApnaI p%naI ko ilae K,rIda.
aji:t ne ša:l apni: patni: ke liye xari:da:.
Ajit-erg shawl selfs wife for bought
Ajit bought a shawl for his wife.
- ]maa nao mauJao Kanaa iKlaayaa.
uma: ne mujhe kha:na: khila:ya:.
Uma-erg I-obl food feed-fs
Uma offered the food to me.
20a. mauJao ]maa nao Kanaa iKlaayaa.
mujhe uma ne kha:na: khila:ya:.
I-obl Uma-erg food feed-fs
Uma offered the food to me.
In (18), (19) and (20) the indirect objects receive more emphasis
than in (18a), (19a) and (20a).
4.3.2.3. Other Types of Verb Argument
Other types of verb arguments appear in the form of various
postpositional phrases. They include locatives, instruments,
benefactives, and comitatives.
There are no restrictions regarding the number of arguments
(subject, direct/indirect object, and optional arguments) put together
in a sentence. There are, of course, certain semantic restrictions,
including the selection of their cases (nominative, dative, and
ergative subjects), imposed by the choice of verbs and tense.