Example 41-169

miɲa meʃiinntu mee isti poɖiyaas fuula kibotaa
miɲa
1sg.gen
meʃiin-ntu
machine-loc
mee
foc
isti
this
poɖiyaas
children
fuula
flower
ki-botaa
nmlz-put
It is on MY machine that these children are doing decorative stitching (lit. It is on MY machine that these children are putting flowers).
Comment:
The cleft interpretation comes from left dislocation of the focused constituent, presence of the focus marker /mee/, and the nominalized verb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5: 5295