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Example 59-279
melenge
so
anyon' me nzoni ape lo ke kwi (na) nzala
melenge
child
so
rel
a-nyon'
pm
-drink
me
breast
nzoni
well
ape
neg
lo
3sg
yeke
cop
kwi
die
(na)
(from)
nzala
hunger
A child that doesn't feed well dies of hunger.
Comment:
In a sentence like this one the PM can be used instead of the pronoun. See Feature 62 "Expression of pronominal subjects".
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Subject relative clauses: Relative particle and resumptive pronoun
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