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Example 59-88
a-Ngunzapa aeke ga na ala ka
a-Ngunzapa
pl
-Ngunzapa
a-eke
pm
-
cop
ga
come
na
prep
ala
3pl
ka
there
Ngunzapa and the others are coming over there.
Comment:
Perhaps one could also say
Ngunzapa aeke ga na ala ka
and
a-Ngunzapa aeke ga ka
because there seems to be redundancy in the cited example, but perhaps redundancy is required.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin 1967
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
The associative plural: Associative plural marker identical to additive plural marker
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