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Example 59-4
kol na aleke zembe kwe
koli
man
ni
det
aleke
sm
.prepare
zembe
knife
kwe
all
The husband prepared the knife to perfection. OR: The husband sharpened the knife to perfection.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
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