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Example 59-112
yi ti giriri
yi
thing
ti
of
giriri
long.ago
ancient (or former) things
Comment:
This is in reference to traditional life before colonization.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 115
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
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