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Example 57-23
ma ndefan mwa paske la ule tape avec a mbwa
ma
1sg
.
dep
ndefan
defend
mwa
1sg
.
indp
paske
because
la
3sg
ule
want
tape
hit
avec
ins
a
art
.
indf
mbwa
stick
I defended myself because he/she wanted to hit me with a stick.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 140
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: Only dependent subject forms
Instrumental expressions: Adposition
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