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Example 64-35
íta ma biligó ʃókol íta biligó kef?
íta
2sg
ma
neg
bi=ligó
irr
=find
ʃókol
work
íta
2sg
bi=ligó
irr
=find
kef?
how
You won’t find work, how will/would you find it?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Tosco 1995
: 434
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Interrogative pronouns: All simple words
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Same TAM marking in negated clauses
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