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Example 35-265
Bô ka kume, mwala ka kume, anzu ka kume [...].
Bô
2sg
ka
hab
kume,
eat
mwala
woman
ka
hab
kume,
eat
anzu
baby
ka
hab
kume
eat
[...].
[...]
You eat, your wife eats, the baby eats [...].
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Comment:
Unlike irrealis marker
ká
, aspectual
ka
does not bear high tone. Compare this audio file with the audio file for Example 262.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
Tone: Simple tone system, for lexical and grammatical distinctions
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