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What's special about the Sindhi language and why you should care

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Agree to disagree with verbs<br />

• In many <strong>language</strong>s, including English, <strong>the</strong> verb<br />

agrees with <strong>the</strong> subject.<br />

• In <strong>Sindhi</strong>, <strong>the</strong> verb agrees with <strong>the</strong> subject most<br />

of <strong>the</strong> time, but in some sentences <strong>the</strong> verb<br />

agrees with <strong>the</strong> object.<br />

– Past tense of transitive verbs:<br />

cokria kuto io<br />

Girl-fem dog-masc. saw-masc.<br />

‘The girl saw <strong>the</strong> dog.’<br />

May 2003 Jennifer Cole 33<br />

IV. Cultural expression<br />

through <strong>Sindhi</strong> <strong>language</strong><br />

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