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Nāsaketari Kathā
551
The verb gimt 'to begin', governs the infinitive, as in modern Rajasthani (L.S. p. 30 etc.). $ 34. ( D ) The Simple Sentence
___1. The usual order of the parts of the sentence is as follows : Subject, Indirect Object, Direct Object, Predicate :
नासकेत रषीस्वरां ईसो जिम लोकरो विरतंत सुणायो XVIII.16 Exceptions occur : तरै राजाजीनै रांणी कह्यो
II.2 पछै गंगाजी सनांन करण गया चंद्रावतीजी III.57 2. The Predicate agrees with the Subject in gender and number, except in the tenses formed of the Past Participle of transitive verbs, which govern an impersonal construction ( see under 3): तठीनै चंद्रावती चाली
III.37 तिके रषेस्वर किंसडायक छै
VI.22 सो फूल तिरतो राजा रुघरी नगरी हेढ़ आय नीसरीयो I.94
To express either respect, or modesty, the predicate is put in the plural, even if the subject is in the singular; with a female subject, the predicate is put in the masc. pl. : Respectful Plural: सो राज मसकरी करो छो
I.78 ..... तिणारै नासकेत सरीषा पुत्र VI.29
..." सनांन करण गया चंद्रावतीजी III.57 Plural of Modesty : तो उजर कोई करता नहीं
IV.9 3. When belonging to an impersonal subject ( as is regularly the case in the tenses of the past part. of transitive verbs ) the predicate is put in the sg. masc., if the direct object is missing : तरै चंद्रावती पूछीयो
____III.39 Only now and then, the pl. masc. is used : तरै उदालकजी बोलीया
_I.41 Where वात or कमाई could be added as a subject, the predicate is sometimes put in the feminine : थे कही, सो भला.
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