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Example 38-94
I bi fa no na té zuanxaf.
Eli
3sg
bi
ant
fa
speak
no
1pl
na
neg
té
have
zuanxa-f.
something-
neg
He told us he had nothing. OR: He/she had told us already he/she had nothing.
Comment:
The first translation is identical to the sentence I asked my informants to translate. The second translation is the real meaning of the Fa d'Ambô sentence.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork 1990
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
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