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Example 35-8
Ê saka sama sun alê
djina
xtlada.
Ê
3sg
saka
prog
sama
call
sun
Mr.
alê
king
djina
from
xtlada.
street
He is calling the king from the street.
Comment:
Djina
‘since’ and a few other items can be classified as true prepositions, meaning they are neither verbs nor nominals.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
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