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Example 61-111
We John!
We
oh
John!
John
Oh John!
Comment:
This is a rare form which is more common in Zulu. A more brusque idiom is
hey wena
'hey you' (
hey
is based on English;
wena
is the pronoun 'you').
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Vocative markers: Optional vocative marker preceding noun
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