Locative/absolutive alternation U

‘I had gone to the village.’

‘Thuli used to take one sack from the Newar woman down there.’

‘Let's bring it to the veranda.’

‘I sent a letter from Germany.’

‘I did send this one to his uncle - where did it get lost?’

‘The child has thrown a stone into the window.’

‘The man put the book on the table.’

‘The man has loaded hay onto the truck.’

‘Oranges have filled that field of yours.’

‘Whose child is pushing me?’

‘Push it up there!’

‘The child has torn the page from the book.’

‘The child has torn a page from the book.’

‘The woman has eaten the bread.’

‘I had hugged Lakhman.’

‘The mother has hugged her child.’

‘The man has looked at the child.’

‘The man has seen the child.’

‘The dog has smelled at a(nother) dog's dirt.’

‘The child has become afraid of the man.’

‘The woman is afraid of the mouse.’

‘The woman is afraid of the mouse.’

‘Rame and the others are afraid of snakes.’

‘When our dog barks the children get frightened.’

‘The man has frightened the child.’

‘This dog frightens the child.’

‘The child likes the man.’

‘The man has come to know the child.’

‘Kheme knows that.’

‘Debi thinks of that apple.’

‘The man has searched for the child.’

‘The woman has washed the child.’

‘Now the crybaby is going to wash it.’

‘Wash your father's clothes!’

‘My younger sister is washing our clothes.’

‘Who washed them?’

‘The woman has dressed the child.’

‘The flood swept away all the soil.’

‘I heard Rame has shaved his beard.’

‘The man has helped the woman.’

‘The man has followed the woman.’

‘The man has come across the woman.’

‘The child has got a book from the teacher.’

‘Here we meet, don't we.’

‘My, why do you talk about (your) husband, too?’

‘The man told his friend (the story) about the woman.’

‘The man has told the woman a story.’

‘Yes, Syam's grandmother says "dancer" to him/calls him a dancer.’

‘In one village they called that village's name Dãphe (= 'there was a village they called Dãphe').’

‘Did he tell you his story?’

‘The child has asked the man for money.’

‘The man has shouted at the woman.’

‘The woman has called the man an idiot.’

‘The man has built a house.’

‘The child has broken the window with a stone.’

‘Just before the hens broke its side.’

‘Last time I broke this here with a knife.’

‘The child has killed the snake with a stick.’

‘The child has beaten the snake with a stick.’

‘The child has hit the snake with a stick.’

‘The child touched the snake with a stick.’

‘The child has cut the bread with a knife.’

‘The child carried/brought a book to the teacher.’

‘Let the older girl peel it.’

‘The child hid the teacher's book.’

‘The child showed the book to the teacher.’

‘He shows us his ass.’

‘My uncle gives sweets to the children.’

‘Rame's father sent money to his younger siblings.’

‘This one carries (things) the whole day.’

‘My father has thrown his money at me.’

‘The man has tied the horse to a tree.’

‘I tied three with a chain.’

‘The man has filled the tank with water/has poured water into the tank.’

‘The man has covered the child with a blanket.’

‘The sour stuff makes our eyes blink.’

‘The man has coughed.’

‘The man has climbed (up) the hill.’

‘The child has run over the floor.’

‘The man has sat down on the floor.’

‘The man was sitting on the floor.’

‘The child lived in the village.’

‘The child has jumped (down) to the floor.’

‘The man has sung a song.’

‘Maybe he comes out if we laugh about his ears.’

‘My belly is aching.’

‘The child feels cold/has started feeling cold.’

‘The man has died.’

‘The cat plays with the mouse.’

‘Don't you feel sad?’

‘In that case don't be worried.’

‘The child is hungry/has started to feel hungry.’

‘Let him roll it.’

‘Kancha has rolled his ball down there.’

‘Rame sank his clothes in the river.’

‘The sun has burnt the soil.’

‘Up there it has dried up one.’

‘The sun has dried out the pond.’

‘It has rained.’

‘What is he grinding with the grinding stone?’

‘The women grind the millet.’

‘The child has wiped the dirt off the clothes.’

‘Is it a person who has dug out this one or what?’

‘Let him try to dig them out.’

‘Who has dug the hole behind my house?’

‘My father taught my younger brothers his language.’

‘Speak up, my sister doesn't hear it.’

‘The old man doesn't hear his granddaughter's voice.’

‘I've cooked a banana leaf with chilli in that pot.’

‘After the water comes to a boil, one has to take the nettles with pincers and put them in.’

‘What have you boiled?’

‘The child appeared on the road.’

‘His sister is ill.’

‘Do you cry?’

‘The child dropped his bike from the cliff.’

‘Centi is making a plough.’

‘I want/have an appetite for those citrus fruits.’

‘That guy is a hunter.’

‘The child went from/left the village.’

‘The goats are bleating.’

‘The (two) children were screaming.’