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Example 61-65
Mina bizile yena, koto yena ai buyile.
Mina
I
biz-ile
call-
pst
yena,
he
koto
but
yena
he
ai
neg
fik-ile.
arrive-
pst
I called him, but he didn't come. OR: I called him, but he never came.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Expression of pronominal subjects: Obligatory pronoun words
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