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Example 75-176
Zhaan kiipeetuhteew
avek
omaamaa(wa) / omaamaawa.
Zhaan
John
kii-pee-tuhtee-w
pst
-TOWARDS.SPEAKER-go-
3sg
avek
with
o-maamaa
3.
poss
-mother
/
o-maamaa-wa.
3.
poss
-mother-
obv
John came with his mother.
Comment:
Marking of obviative, used to distinguish the grammatical function of two third person arguments, is optional.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Fleury 2007
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Comitatives and instrumentals: Overlap
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative: Differentiation
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