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Example 61-25
Lo bongolo
yena baleka kakhulu.
Lo
def
.
art
bongolo
donkey
yena
it
balek-a
run-
prs
kakhulu.
greatly
Donkeys run greatly. OR: The donkey runs greatly. OR: A donkey runs greatly.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Plural noun phrase with definite article
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