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Example 38-52
Namay na fo tasyi fa za.
Na-may
art
-woman
na
neg
fo
can
ta-syi
stay-
dem
fa
neg
za.
already
A woman can’t stay like that.
Comment:
This construction with the article
na
seems to occur only in combination with humans.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork 1993
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Singular noun phrase with definite article
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