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Example 61-24
Lo
pikanin
yena hayi thanda lo pelepele.
Lo
def
.
art
pikanin
child
yena
it
hayi
neg
thand-a
like-
v
lo
def
.
art
pelepele.
pepper
Children don't like pepper. OR: The child doesn't like the pepper.
Comment:
Context makes clear whether this is definite or generic.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Singular noun phrase with definite article
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