Example 59-211

laso mbi na mo, i ke gwe biani
laso
today
mbi
1sg
na
prep
mo,
2sg
i
1pl
yeke
cop
gwe
go
biani
truly
Today we're going for sure.
Comment:
Na might be the connective 'and'. Laso is made up of la 'sun' + so 'thus'. This is based on an early document that reveals the meaning of so as thus: 'When the sun is in the sky where I am pointing [...]'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994