Sentence types in Tauya
| E1. | Ya-ni | tei-mene-amu-ʔa. |
| | 1.SG-ERG | catch-STAT-1.SG.FUT-DECL |
| | “I will have it.” |
| E2. | Nen-ni | sen-yau-i-nae? |
| | 3.PL-ERG | 1.PL-see-3.PL-INT |
| | “Did they see us?” |
| E3. | Ni-a-e! |
| | eat-2.SG.FUT-IMP |
| | “Eat!” |
| E4. | Yate-ʔatene! |
| | go-PROH.SG |
| | “Don't go!” |
| E5. | Saniya | te-amu-ne. |
| | work | get-1.SG.FUT-HORT |
| | “I must work.” |
| E6. | ʔei | mene-ʔe-no! |
| | there | stay-3.SG.FUT-OPT |
| | “Let her be there!” |
Examples from: MacDonald, Lorna 1990, A grammar of Tauya.Berlin & New York: Mouton de Gruyter
(Mouton Grammar Library, 6); 209-213; apud: Hengeveld, Kees 2004, "Illocution, mood, and modality." Booij, Geert
& Lehmann, Christian & Mugdan, Joachim & Skopeteas, Stavros (eds.), Morphologie. Ein internationales Handbuch zur Flexion und Wortbildung. 2. Halbband. Berlin: W. de Gruyter (Handbücher der Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, 17.2); 1190-1201; p. 1191.