Example 16-155

dis auà man tu we de fɔ tɔp tu ĩ tu ì make wì dè fiɛr àm nau
dis
dem
auà
1pl.poss
man
man
tu
foc
[we
[comp
de
cop
for
tɔp]
top]
tu
foc
3sg
tu
foc
ì
3sg
make
make
1pl
hab
fiɛr
fear
àm
3sg.obj
nau
now
Our man who is at the top (i.e. who rules us) makes us fear him now.
Comment:
The focused constituents here are dis auà man and the relative clause we de fɔ tɔp. The focus particle tu can be repeated when material such as relative clauses follows the focused noun (see first underlined tu in gloss). Such repetition of tu is also common in independent + dependent pronoun constructions, cf. ĩ tu ì make ... [3SG.INDP FOC 3SG.DEP make] in the example.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork