Example 59-197

i ke de ba da nga, amanke pepe
i
1pl
ke
cop
de
make
ba
oath
da
there
nga,
also
a-manke
pm-lack
pepe
neg
We're also going to take an oath over that for sure.
Comment:
The French verb manquer was adopted in Sango long ago (perhaps Africanized before coming to the Central African Republic) as a clause complementing the principal one. For others see Samarin (1967: 209).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin 1967: 142