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Example 61-66
Khona lo gudla lapa lo tafula.
Khon-a
be.
exist
-
v
lo
def
.
art
gudla
food
lapa
loc
lo
def
.
art
tafula.
table
There is food on the table.
Comment:
Khona
is a verb; no "there" particle co-occurs with it.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
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