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Example 60-101
Francine
na
Marie bazalákí kotánga
Francine
Francine
na
and
Marie
Marie
ba-zal-ákí
3pl
-be-
pst
ko-táng-a
inf
-study-
fv
Francine and Marie were studying.
Comment:
FV = Ffnal vowel; it has no specific grammatical meaning, but ensures the phonologically canonical consonant-vowel structure on forms such as the infinitive, the subjunctive and the future.
Type:
constructed by near-native speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Lingala
by
Michael Meeuwis
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Differentiation
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