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Example 59-96
mbeni melenge ti wali ni, akoli ago na peko ti lo, lo ken’
mbeni
certain
melenge
child
ti
of
wali
female
ni,
det
a-koli
pl
-male
a-gwe
pm
-go
na
prep
peko
back
ti
of
lo,
3sg
lo
3sg
ken’
reject
This girl, men courted her, but she rejected them.
French:
La femme, les hommes la courtisaient, mais elle refusait tous .
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: Definite article distinct from demonstratives
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