Example 57-65

na a ŋgra laport ʃe mwa
na
exist
a
art.indf
ŋgra
big
laport
door
ʃe
prep
mwa
my.place
There is a big door at my place.
Comment:
This can be personalized by adding further elements: na pa le ta pu nu okipe de twa [EXIST NEG DEF time for 1PL look.after PREP 2SG] was translated by my informants as 'We do not have the time to look after you' (Ehrhart 1993: 253).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993: 173