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9 THE SENTENCE 265 258 runsa-e-mo ne ini koana no-meme IMP-put-it-PF loc this lest 3sR-wet put it here so that it wont get wet 259 da-s[um]angke kolaki-no ghoti ne-fumaa koana do-po-gira-gira 1pI-appoint ruler-POS food P.PART-eat lest 1pR-REC-RED-fight we will appoint a leader of the foods so that we wont be quarrelling with one another

9.18. Dubitative

A dubitative clause indicates a purpose that is desired but far from certain. The conjunction bhahi also an adverb meaning perhaps, glossed DUB introduces such dubitative clauses. It is not always easy to adequately translate them into English, although the older English construction that...may comes very close. 260 a-[m]angkafi-da-mo bhahi kaawu a-rafo-da 1sI-follow-them-PF DUB only 1sR-catch-them I will follow them that I may find them 261 da-gh[um]ulu telo kamotugha bhahi de-ghawa foo dhanggi 1pI-go.towards in forest DUB 1pR-get mango dhanggi let us go towards the forest that we may get a dhanggi-mango 262 da-s[um]umbele Wa Katogha bhahi kaawu na-ti-taha oe maitu 3pI-slaughter ART Katogha DUB only 3sI-ACC-stop water that they will slaughter Wa Katogha that the water may be stopped 263 a-[m]ora-e-ghoo bhahi no-kesa daano 1sI-see-her-PURP DUB 3sR-beautiful indeed let me see her whether she is indeed beautiful 264 soba pakande-ghoo manu bhahi pa na-ko-rasu try IMP-feed-IO chicken DUB FUT.not 3sI-HAVE-poison feed it to the chickens and see whether it is not poisoned When the content of the dubitative is undesirable, the caveat-prefix ta- is added to the verb: 265 feka-taa ne ini bhahi ta-do-wora-e mie IMP-CAUS-good loc this DUB TA-3pR-see-it people put it here, that people may not see it 266 na-se-mie so me-dhaga-ni-no bhantea bhahi ta-do-di-diu-e FUT-one-person FUT -guard-TR-A.PART hut DUB TA-3pR-RED-move-it one person will guard the hut, that people may not disturb it

9.19. Balanced

There are two types of balanced clauses. The first involves the so-called a fortiori argument: if A is such and such, then certainly B. Both parts of such balanced clauses are introduced by conjunctions. The first clause the 266 A GRAMMAR OF THE MUNA LANGUAGE minor clause is marked by salangi, saneghoomo while or ane if, whereas the major clause is introduced by poolimo or poolighoomo possibly from the verb pooli can, be able, often followed by dua too. 267 salangi ihintu mie r[um]emba-no o-[m]ondo-i-mo, poolimo while you person arrive-A.PART 2sI-can-TR-PF much.more dua inodi also I if a newcomer like you can do it, how much more I myself 268 salangi no-moisa we Bandu se-tanga mate-mo, poolimo dua bhe while 3sR-alone loc Bandung one-half dead-PF much.more also with inodi I living alone in Bandung was already a heavy burden on him, how much more when I am with him 269 ane nao-maa-e kadadi ka-mama-no maitu na-mate, poolimo dua if 3sI-eat-it animal NOM-chew-her that 3sI-die much.more also nao-maa-e manusia 3sI-eat-it man when an animal eats her quid, it will die, how much more when a man eats it The other type of balanced sentence is the so-called co-balanced type: the more ... the more. Both clauses are introduced by the conjunction nihompu the more: 270 nihompu no-hende ka-bhari-no ihi-no anoa, nihompu the.more 3sR-grow NOM-much-POS contents-his he the.more no-tubhari no-ungko ne bhai-no 3sR-add 3sR-bow loc friend-his the heavier his ears, the more he = the rice bows to his friends

9.20. Direct and indirect speech