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Example 61-20
Mina bukile yena akha
muye into.
Mina
I
buk-ile
see-
pst
yena
he
akh-a
make-
v
muye
one
into.
thing
I saw him making something.
Comment:
Muye into
= 'a thing, one thing' meaning 'something' in context. Same with
muye muntu
'one person, a person' means 'someone' in context.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Generic-noun-based indefinites
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