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Example 59-36
lakwe na bi aga ake menase lo, kogara ti lo ni ae ga amenase lo ngbii
lakwe
always
na
prep
bi
night
a-ga
pm
-come
a-ke
pm
-
cop
menase
threaten
lo,
3sg
kogara
in-law
ti
of
lo
3sg
ni
det
a-yeke
pm
-
cop
ga
come
a-menase
pm
-threaten
lo
3sg
ngbii
long.time
Every night he came and threatened her, her son-in-law came and threatened her for a long time.
Comment:
Menase
is borrowed from French
menacer
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Position of definite article in the noun phrase: Definite article is postposed
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