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Example 61-101
Ipi lo makhulu mashin mina bukile yena izolo?
Ipi
where
lo
def
.
art
makhulu
big
mashin
machine
mina
I
buk-ile
see-
pst
yena
it
izolo?
yesterday
Where is the big machine that I saw yesterday? OR: Where is the big machine I saw yesterday?
Comment:
I think this is less common than using a relative particle
(lo,
with high tone).
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Hopkin-Jenkins 1947
: 44
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Object relative clauses: Zero and resumptive pronoun
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