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Example 58-24
Yandi na Petelo bo kwend-aka.
Yandi
he
na
and/with
Petelo
Petelo
bo
they
kwend-aka.
leave-
pst
He and Peter, they left.
Comment:
This construction is evidently emphatic. It's not acceptable without the resumptive pronoun.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: No dependent person forms
Pronoun conjunction: Singular pronoun overtly conjoined with other conjunct
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Differentiation
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