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Example 64-44
fi médina ta júba fi
nas zaráf
wa fi
nas gazál
wa fi ásed
kamán
fi
in
médina
city
ta
poss
júba
Juba
fi
exist
nas
people
zaráf
giraffe
wa
and
fi
exist
nas
people
gazál
gazelle
wa
and
fi
exist
ásed
lion
kamán
also
In the city of Juba there are giraffes, gazelles and also lions.
Comment:
Here
kamán
refers to 'lion'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Manfredi 2005
: 178
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural word preceding the noun
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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