Value Passive without verbal coding

Language:
Nengee
Parameter:
Passive constructions
References
Goury and Migge 2003: 139; Huttar and Huttar 1994: 477ff

Examples

  1. A gaan foo kii kaba. Mi á sabi sama kii en.
    A
    det.sg
    gaan
    great
    foo
    bird
    kii
    kill
    kaba.
    already.
    Mi
    I
    á
    neg
    sabi
    know
    sama
    who
    kii
    killed
    en.
    it
    The large chicken is already killed. I don't know who killed it.

    See Huttar and Huttar 1994: 478

  2. Beele sa nyan a ini a osu ya.
    Beele
    bread
    sa
    mod
    nyan
    eat
    a
    loc
    ini
    in
    a
    det.sg
    osu
    house
    ya.
    here
    It's possible to eat bread in this house.

    See Goury and Migge 2003: 139

  3. U/den ná e booko a domi so!
    U/den
    we/they
    ná
    neg
    e
    ipfv
    booko
    break
    a
    det
    domi
    cassava
    so!
    like.this
    We/they don't prepare the cassava like this.

    See Goury and Migge 2003: 139