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Example 59-168
angba ago asi, lo war mama ti lo ni
a-ngba
pm
-remain
a-gwe
pm
-go
a-si,
pm
-arrive
lo
3sg
wara
find
mama
mother
ti
of
lo
3sg
ni
det
The co-wife went and found her (the girl's biological) mother.
Comment:
Here
lo
refers to the little mother, whereas
mama
stands for the biological mother.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Aspect change in verb chains: Aspect change in verb chains is not possible
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