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Example 59-94
lo mu zembe na maboko ti lo.
lo
3sg
mu
take
zembe
knife
na
prep
maboko
hand
ti
of
lo.
3sg
He took a knife in his hand.
French:
Il prit le couteau dans sa main.
Comment:
A literary translation might be better: 'He grabbed a knife'. This sentence contributes to the vividness of the narrative.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Antidual of paired body-part terms: No antidual
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