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Example 61-72
Lo John
na
lo Jane yena hambile lapha Thegwin.
Lo
def
.
art
John
John
na
com
lo
def
.
art
Jane
Jane
yena
they
hamb-ile
go-
pst
lapha
dat
Thegwin.
Durban
John and Jane went to Durban. OR: John went with Jane to Durban. OR: John went to Durban with Jane.
Comment:
Yena
translated as 'they' is a singular 3rd person pronoun form. (This point is not relevant to the notion of comitative.)
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Comitatives and instrumentals: Differentiation
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