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Example 59-270
ala londo, akumase ti pika
tere
sioni
ala
3pl
londo,
arise
a-kumase
pm
-begin
ti
to
pika
hit
tere
body
sioni
badly
They arose and began to hit each other terribly.
Comment:
Kumase
is borrowed from French
commencer
.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Reciprocal constructions: Reciprocal construction identical to reflexive
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