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Example 59-37
ata ti lo ni angba azingo
ata
grandparent
ti
of
lo
3sg
ni
det
a-ngba
pm
-remain
a-zingo
pm
-awaken
Her grandmother suddenly woke up.
Comment:
This may be an example of substratal influence, because the equivalent verb in Gbaya is used in narratives to enhance the tension of a story; the verb
ga
'come' is more frequently used in Sango.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Position of definite article in the noun phrase: Definite article is postposed
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