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ؽÔÁ poola contracted: Counterfactual

ؽÔÁ poola also has a contracted form ¤×Á ple or ¤Á pla. This is added to what seems to be a conditional ending ȧ -aal attached to the present stem. In LT the § l in ȧ -aal assimilates to alveolar ± r before the ¤ p in poola; in ST a further step is taken and the ± r assimilates and/or deletes.
ÇÂç ÂçÅÔ§ avaru var-r-aal + ؽÔÁ Éç¡ÞÅÔç p(oo)la irukkraaru ÇÂç ÂÀÔ¤Á Éç¡ÞÅÔç avaru varaapla irukkraaru
The verb Éç iru after contracted ¤Á p(oo)la agrees in PNG with the noun phrase subject rather than being neuter to agree with a sentential subject. The meaning of this contracted construction is slightly different from S + ؽÔÁ Éç¡Þ poola irukku constructions.

ÇÂç ÂçÅÔ¤Á Éç¡ÞÅÔç avaru varraapla irukkraaru `It seems as if he's coming (but he's really not).'

When contracted ¤Á pla is not followed by Éç iru, the meaning is `as, like' as in

Çõ´£¾Ô ׶ÔèÅÔ¤Á ǶÕõ´¾Ô Éç¡Þ angammaa solraapla, asingamaa irukku. `As Angamma says, the place is filthy.'

Many of these examples involve quotative expressions: `as' or `like' (someone) says, etc.



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