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Example 38-77
Dyiabeza poxodul bi ska laba apotose.
Dyia-beza
day-already
poxodulu
people
bi
ant
sxa
prog
laba
wash
awa-poto-sai.
water-lake-
dem
Formerly people used to wash themselves in this lake. OR: Formerly people used to wash in this lake.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork 1990
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, nothing can intervene
Reflexive constructions: Implicit expression
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