Value Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause

Language:
Nengee
Parameter:
Verb doubling and focus
References
Goury and Migge 2003: 163; Huttar and Huttar 1994: 322f

Examples

  1. Na sutu a musu e sutu en anga nefi.
    Na
    cop/foc
    sutu
    shoot
    a
    he
    musu
    must
    e
    ipfv
    sutu
    shoot
    en
    him
    anga
    with
    nefi.
    knife
    What he must be doing is stabbing him with a knife.

    See Huttar and Huttar 1994: 322