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Example 64-180
ána kutú géni fi síjin ma jes
ána
1sg
kutú
put\
pass
géni
stay
fi
in
síjin
prison
ma
with
jes
army
I was imprisoned by the army.
Comment:
This is the prototypical passive voice with agent and secondary verb. The order is Patient Verb + stress displacement.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Manfredi 2005
: 155
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Typical passive construction
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