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Example 61-76
Mina thengile lo skaf; lo Jane yena lindile phandle.
Mina
I
theng-ile
buy-
pst
lo
def
.
art
skaf;
food
lo
def
.
art
Jane
Jane
yena
she
lind-ile
wait-
pst
phandle.
outside
I bought bread, and Jane waited outside. OR: I bought bread, while Jane waited outside.
Comment:
No verbal/sentence conjunction is needed.
Futhi
is sometimes used as connector; its main nuance is 'further, again, and then'.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Differentiation
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