Example 48-59

¡Moná mi, miní aká!
¡Moná
son
mi,
my
miní
come
aká!
here
My son, come here!
Spanish: ¡Mi hijo (m'hijo), ven aquí!
Comment:
Note that this mí is not derived from Spanish mío, but from Kikongo áami 'my, mine', whose position is similarly postnominal. See Schwegler (2002b) for further detail.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author