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5. (Infinitive sub-sentence.) 'púrṇṇateḷivu enr̥e par̥r̥il irikké'
avannáy vidhippán páṭuḷḷatalla (= when there is full proof in
my favour it is not proper to pass a decree for him).
6. (Sub-sentences ending in the oblique case of verbal nouns.)
kalmasham ákunnatu 'dharmmatté mar̥akkayál' (=impurity
(is) that which accrues by our forgetting duty).
7. (Participial sub-sentence in an oblique case.) 'chonnátiné'
kéṭṭu (=having heard what he said).
245. What sub-sentences are used otherwise than as
adjuncts?
Those ending with verbal and participial nouns in the
nominative case; these may be used instead of nouns
as subjects, predicates and objects.
Ex: 'atu ingngu koṇṭu pórukayum' vénam [=(that) that should
be brought hither is necessary]; 'ńán parigrahikka'yilla (=I
will not receive it; lit. (that) I (should) receive it will not be];
'Kali kaṭakka'yáytu (=the coming in of the Kali age took
place); 'maryyáda langhikka' yógyamalla (= to transgress the
rules of good conduct is not becoming).
246. What is a dependent sentence?
A dependent sentence has a separate subject and a sepa-
rate predicate of its own, and also a finite verb, but it
stands only in the place of the object or subject, or else
as an adjunct.
