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Example 61-98
Lo tombi lo wena bukile yena izolo lapa simin, yena sistela ga lo Bobby.
Lo
def
.
art
tombi
girl
lo
rel
wena
you
bukile
see.
pst
yena
her
izolo
yesterday
lapa
loc
.
prep
simin,
field
yena
she
sistela
sister
ga
poss
lo
def
.
art
Bobby.
Bobby
The girl that you saw in the field yesterday is Bobby's sister. OR: The girl, the one who you saw in the field yesterday, is Bobby's sister.
Comment:
The first
yena
is a resumptive pronoun; the second is a normal NP appositional pronoun.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
Marking of possessor noun phrases: Adpositional or case marking of possessor
Object relative clauses: Relative particle and resumptive pronoun
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