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The Nature of Conditional Sentences in Nyakyusa

https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v5i1.149
Amani Lusekelo

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), Vol. 5 No. 1 (2016)

Abstract

The mechanisms utilized to introduce conditional construction in Nyakyusa are partly
similar to the patterns available in some Bantu languages because its protasis is
introduced by the word l??nga. The counterfactual marker angali introduces the
apodosis of the counterfactual sentences, similar to Zulu and Swahili. The main
difference is that Nyakyusa differentiates reality and unreality situations primarily
through TAM formatives. For instance, realistic situations manifest in future and present
tenses while unrealistic events are primarily indicated by remoteness in past tense.


Keywords

conditional sentences, TAM system, protasis, adoposis, comparative Bantu, Nyakyusa1
Lusekelo, A. (2022). The Nature of Conditional Sentences in Nyakyusa. Journal of Humanities &Amp; Social Science (JHSS), 5(1). https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v5i1.149
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