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Example 35-208
Inen kwa se
ku
a ka da ngê sôtxi ku
ê.
Inen
pl
.
def
kwa
thing
se
dem
ku
rel
a
imprs
ka
ipfv
da
give
ngê
people
sôtxi
flogging
ku
with
ê.
3sg
The things in question they use to flog people with.
Comment:
Note that there is no number agreement between the relativized antecedent and the stranded 3SG pronoun. IMPRS = impersonal pronoun
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
Instrument relative clauses: Relative particle and resumptive pronoun
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