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Example 59-333
mo la mo zonga mbi si mbi zonga mo, zonga kota li ti mo so a?
mo
2sg
la
top
mo
2sg
zonga
insult
mbi
1sg
si
then
mbi
1sg
zonga
insult
mo,
2sg
zonga
insult
kota
big
li
head
ti
of
mo
2sg
so
this
a?
eh
Weren't you the one who insulted me after which I insulted you, insulted this big head of yours?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Polar questions: Only interrogative intonation
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