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Language:
Angolar
Parameter:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object
References
Maurer 1995
: 58ff.
Examples
Am ki ô ki ka ba potho, no ki rê wa.
Am
1sg
.
indp
ki
with
ô
2sg
ki
rel
ka
fut
ba
go
potho,
town
no
1pl
ki
with
rê
3sg
wa.
neg
It is you and I that will go to town, not she and me.
French:
C'est toi et moi qui irons en ville, pas lui et moi.
See
Maurer 1995
: 63
Êlê thô m'me.
Êlê
3sg
.
indp
thô
foc
m'me.
eat
It was him who ate it.
Ê muê.
Ê
he
muê.
die
He died.
N pem'e.
N
I
pema=e.
press=it
I pressed it.
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