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Example 58-98
Beto vand-aka na nzo.
Beto
we
vand-aka
be/sit-
pst
na
conn
nzo.
house
We were at home/in the house.
Comment:
In the present
vanda
means 'sit'. In the past,
vanda
acts as the copula:
Yandi vand-aka vanda
‘He was sitting’.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Inclusive/exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns: No inclusive/exclusive distinction
Predicative locative phrases: Invariant copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Identity
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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