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Example 58-6
Yandi kele songa ngolo na yandi.
Yandi
he/she
kele
be
songa
show
ngolo
strength
na
of
yandi.
his/her
He/She is showing his/her strength. OR: He/She is showing how strong he/she is.
Comment:
The point of this example is to show that Kituba (like most Bantu languages) does not have a true category of adjectives.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective follows noun
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