Taruven: Complex Sentences: Purpose Clauses: Balanced
One of the interpretations of the complement of complemented clauses is as purpose, especially when the main verb is explicitly marked with -aš. īel gunuaš letšah īel gunuaš letšah ī -el gunu -aš le- tšah 3s -CSUB stand -CCAUS SS- see he/she stands up in order to see Another way is the verb-suffix -mah ī gaìnes ševamara lezigyskīn trīaþ ī gaìnes ševamara lezigyskīn trīaþ ī gaìn -es ševa -mah -ra le- zigh -skīn trī -aþ 3s city -LOC go -PURP -PAST SS- buy -IRR gift -OBJ he/she went to the city in order to buy a gift
