Example 59-187

lo mu samba, lo mu na lo, lo ken'
lo
3sg
mu
take
samba,
beer
lo
3sg
mu
give
na
prep
lo,
3sg
lo
3sg
ken'
refuse
He offered her beer, but she refused.
Comment:
This is another example of the chaining of clauses. One would be over-translating by saying 'He took beer and gave [...]'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994