4. SYNTAX
- ek dUsaro ko saaqa baatoM mat krao.
ek du:sre ke sa:th ba:tẽ mat karo.
one another-obl with talk don’t do
Don’t talk to each other. - Aimat ko dao baoTo hOM. vao ek dUsaro ko saaqa hmaoSaa laD,to hOM.
amit ke do bete h ́~. ve ek du:sre ke sa:th hameša: larte h ́~.
Amit-gen two sons are they one-another-gen with always
fight-pr
Amit has two sons. (They) always quarrel with each other.
4.3.9. Equatives
Like comparatives, there are two types of equatives: (i) syntactic and
(ii) phrasal. The former type is composed of two clauses called as
[tnaa itna: ‘this much’ and ]tnaa utna: ‘that much’ clauses. The main
difference between these clauses and the comparative clause is that
in equative clauses, an equative adjective or adverb is used with the
subject and the standard of comparison. A comparative sentence can
be transformed into an equative sentence by the deletion of the
negative particle.
- Ajaya ]tnaa caalaak hO ijatnaa ]saka Baa[- ³hO ́.
ajay utna: ca:la:k h ́ jitna: uska: bha:i: (h ́).
Ajay that much-cor clever as much-rel his brother
Ajay is as clever as his brother.
Equative structures can also be formed by using the clause jaOsaa j ́sa:
as/which way and vaOsaa v ́sa: like/that way.
- jaOsaa Ajaya caalaak hO ̧ ]tnaa ]saka Baa[- ³BaI ́hO.
j ́sa: ajay ca:la:k h ́, utna: uska: bha:i: (bhi:) h ́.
as-rel Ajay clever is that much his brother (also) is
Ajay is as clever as his brother.
Phrasal type equatives are formed using adjectives such as barabar
bara:bar/samaana sama:n ‘equal’, and jaOsaa j ́sa: ‘like’. The forms agree
with the standard of comparison in number and gender.