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Example 36-34
[...] ane vala Daniel Daio thô ka fika pumbê minisu.
[...]
[...]
ane
3pl
vala
say
Daniel
Daniel
Daio
Daio
thô
foc
ka
fut
fika
become
pumbê
first
minisu.
mininster
[...] they said that it was Daniel Daio who would become prime minister.
French:
[...] ils ont dit que c'est Daniel Daio qui serait premier ministre.
Comment:
This example illustrates the use of
ka
as a future marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 1995
: 203
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Identity
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual, current state, and future
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