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Example 59-165
fondo abe na yaka
fondo
banana
a-be
pm
-be.ripe
na
prep
yaka
garden
Bananas are ripening in the garden.
French:
Les bananes murissent dans la plantation.
Comment:
I think that the French translation provided by a Central African would require DET in Sango. Notice that COP is not used for the sense of 'ripening, in the process of becoming ripe'.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Bouquiaux et al. 1978
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Aspect markers and inchoative meaning: No inchoative meaning with aspect markers
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