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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
Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
by
Maarten Mous
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Verb – object – adverb
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