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Example 59-292
lo hunda lo, lo tene, kogara, ala ga?!
lo
1sg
hunda
ask
lo,
3sg
lo
3sg
tene,
say
kogara,
in-law
ala
2sg
.
def
ga?!
come
He asked her, "Mother-in-law, so you've come?!"
Comment:
Ala
is also used for both second and third persons singular (‘you’ and ‘he’ or ‘she’) in a respectful or deferential manner.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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