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Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases
References
Günther 1973
: 67
Examples
Ê
ladran
mutu.
Ê
3sg
ladran
thief
mutu.
very
He is a big thief.
See
Maurer 2009
: 96
[...] ranha
taa
ufu-kumi.
[...]
[...]
ranha
queen
taa
cop
.
pst
ufu-kumi.
road
[…] the queen was on the road.
See
Maurer 2009
: 95
Wosê ami eli ki
a
nixi na tabwe [...].
Wosê
now
ami
1sg
eli
foc
ki
rel
a
cop
.
prs
nixi
here
na
loc
tabwe
trouble
[...].
Now I am the one who is here in trouble ...
See
Maurer 2009
: 95
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