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Example 59-7
lo kpe lo kiri na da ti ababa ti lo
lo
3sg
kpe
flee
lo
3sg
kiri
return
na
prep
da
house
ti
of
a-baba
pl
-father
ti
of
lo
3sg
She fled to the home of her uncles. OR: She fled to where her male elders lived.
Comment:
Since the plural marker marks deference and respect
ababa
can mean simply 'father'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
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