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Example 61-7
Lo kuba yena lo into lo tina lima ka yena [...].
Lo
art
kuba
hoe
yena
it
lo
art
into
thing
lo
rel
tina
we
lim-a
plough-
v
ka
ins
yena
it
[...].
[...]
A hoe is a thing that we plough with [...].
Comment:
The example has been shortened. The relative marker
lo
has high tone (and length) to distinguish it from the article
lo.
Both forms derive from the Zulu/Xhosa demonstrative
lo.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Adendorff 1995
: 12
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Instrument relative clauses: Relative particle and resumptive pronoun
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