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Consider a sentences like: ¼Ô¨ ÂçŤ½ ÇÂç
Ø´Ô¿Õè¡Þ ؽÔÆÔç naan varrappa, avaru kooyilukku poonaaru. `When I
came, he went to the temple.' The phrase ÂçŤ½
varrappa is formed by the addition of ppa `when' to the ADJECTIVAL PARTICIPLE.See § xxx for a discussion of different ways to form
this expression. ¤½ ppa is a reduced form of LT ؽÔâ poodu
time'. This expresses the notion that the two actions described are, for all
practical purposes, simultaneous, or the first is triggered by the
onset of the other action: `When I came, he went to the temple.'
The structure of the syntax of these phrases is basically:
Verb
-sc AJP Ǥ½ appa, ... Verb
The AJP form can be either past or present. For future,
many speakers use a more LT-like phrase Âç£ Ø½Ôâ varum poodu which
uses the future neuter as an AJP before the LT ؽÔâ poodu `time'.
Harold_F.Schiffman