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Example 59-97
lo mu melenge ti wali
ni,
ala kiri
lo
3sg
mu
take
melenge
child
ti
of
wali
female
ni,
det
ala
3pl
kiri
return
He married the girl and they returned home.
French:
Il prit la fille, ils rentrent ensemble.
Comment:
This is a good example of the anaphoric use of the determinant.
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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