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Example 59-338
ake melenge ti lo so adui na ya ti da ti kogaar ti lo aninga
laa
asigi na nda ni
ake
sm
.
cop
melenge
child
ti
of
lo
3sg
so
rel
duti
sm
.sit
na
prep
ya
inside
ti
of
da
house
ti
of
kogara
in-law
ti
of
lo
3sg
aninga
sm
.be.long.time
laa
foc
asigi
sm
.come.out
na
prep
nda
explanation
ni
det
It was her child who lived in her in-law's house for a long time who explained the situation. OR: ... who explained what had happened.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with focus particle after focus
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