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Example 59-334
eski mbi
laa
mbi tene na mo tene?
eski
q
mbi
1sg
laa
foc
mbi
1sg
tene
say
na
prep
mo
2sg
tene?
word
Is it I who said it to you?
Comment:
Eski
is borrowed from French
est-ce que
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Fronting with particle after focus
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