Example 59-319

mbi hinga ape wala ala e si keereke
mbi
1sg
hinga
know
ape
neg
wala
or
ala
3pl
ke
cop
si
arrive
kekereke
tomorrow
I don't know if they'll arrive tomorrow.
Comment:
This is one of several translations given to me of the sentence 'Je ne sais pas s'ils viennent demain'. Not one of over twenty subjects, all literate in French, could produce an equivalent grammatical sentence in Sango.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork