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Example 59-323
i ke na moyen' titene i faa dole ni ti gwe na ni, ake ape
i
1pl
yeke
cop
na
with
<moyen'>
means
titene
so.that
i
1pl
faa
kill
dole
elephant
ni
def
ti
to
gwe
go
na
with
ni,
def
a-ke
pm
-
cop
ape
neg
We didn't have any way of killing an elephant and taking it away.
Comment:
Moyen
is a French word.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 151
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Position of standard negation: After verb plus postverbal object
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