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. When two
similar constituents in a sentence are affixed with ˣ ... ˣ um
... um , the meaning is X `and' Y.
- ÇÂç£ ¼Ôí£ Ø½ÔØÅÔ£ avar-um naan-um pooroom `He AND I are going.'
- ¼Ô¨ ×Àýà ¼ÔÄÔ ¶Ô¤½Õ¹é£ âÚõ´é£ ɧ×Á naan rendu
naalaa saappidavum tuungavum ille `I didn't sleep or eat for two
days.'
The constituents must be of the same type in order for them to be
conjoined, i.e., two nouns, two verbs (infinitives, or AVP's), two adverbs,
etc. can be conjoined, but not one noun and one adjective, for example.
Sentences cannot be conjoined with ˣ ... ˣ; another method, discussed
in § [xxx], must be used.
Haorld_F.Schiffman