Value Differentiation

Language:
Angolar
Parameter:
Nominal and verbal conjunction
References
Maurer 1995: 65, 149

Examples

  1. Peru ki Dho ba potho.
    Peru
    Peter
    ki
    with
    Dho
    John
    ba
    go
    potho.
    town
    Peter and John went to town.
  2. I a mindji turu thapatu loke, i popi thapatu m thô ki patha ba batê ki nda-ope thapatu ki tha nha.
    I
    and
    a
    indf
    mindji
    measure
    turu
    all
    thapatu
    shoe
    loke,
    completely
    i
    and
    popi
    precisely
    thapatu
    shoe
    m
    my
    thô
    foc
    ki
    rel
    patha
    pass
    ba
    go
    batê
    hit
    ki
    with
    nda-ope
    foot-print
    thapatu
    shoe
    ki
    rel
    tha
    cop
    nha.
    there
    And they measured all the shoes, and it was precisely my shoes that corresponded to the footprint which were there.
    French: On a pris la mesure de tous les souliers, et ce sont précisément mes souliers qui correspondaient aux traces de souliers là-bas.

    See Maurer 1995: 165