Example 62-10

síkúru mbuvá ghó kángi
si-kuru
1sg:neg-cultivate
mbuva
field
ghó
my
ka-ingi
time-many
I don't cultivate my farm often.
Comment:
/kangi/ [time.many] is the construction used to express 'often'. There are no monomorphemic frequency adverbs in the language.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own field data 1993