Example 59-300

i tene lakwe que kobela ti bilharzie so ake wara ni gi na lege ti ngu
i
1pl
tene
say
lakwe
always
que
that
kobela
sickness
ti
of
bilharzie
bilharzia
so
dem
a-ke
pm-cop
wara
find
ni
1pl.log
gi
just
na
with
lege
way
ti
of
ngu
water
We always say that this liver-fluke disease gets us through water.
Comment:
This was said in a radio broadcast in 1962 or earlier. One occasionally hears /que/ today in the speech of young people with some education, although it is originally French.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin 1967: 212