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Example 59-164
lo ga so, kogara tl lo na alango
lo
3sg
ga
come
so,
thus
kogara
in-law
ti
of
lo
3sg
ni
det
a-lango
pm
-sleep
When he came, his mother-in-law was sleeping. OR: On his arrival his mother-in-law was sleeping.
Comment:
In another context the second clause would mean 'His mother-in-law is asleep' or even 'is lying down'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
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