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Example 61-17
Yena doba lapa lo fulen.
Yena
he/they
doba
fish
lapa
loc
lo
art
fulen.
river
They are fishing at the river. OR: He/she/it is fishing at the river.
Comment:
Some speakers and some grammarians use the plural pronoun form
bona
.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns: No person syncretism
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