Value Fronting with particle after focus

Language:
Sango
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
References
Samarin 1967: 151ff

Examples

  1. eski mbi laa mbi tene na mo tene?
    eski
    q
    mbi
    1sg
    laa
    foc
    mbi
    1sg
    tene
    say
    na
    prep
    mo
    2sg
    tene?
    word
    Is it I who said it to you?
  2. ni laa mbi kpe mbi ga so
    ni
    det
    laa
    foc
    mbi
    1sg
    kpe
    run
    mbi
    1sg
    ga
    come
    so
    thus
    That's the reason I ran here.
  3. amafuta ta azo laa amu na lo
    amafuta
    pl.fat
    ti
    of
    azo
    pl.person
    laa
    foc
    amu
    sm.give
    na
    prep
    lo
    3sg
    It was pieces of fatty human flesh that he gave to her.

    See nd

  4. kwe gi kwa laa?!
    kwe
    everything
    gi
    only
    kwa
    work
    laa?!
    foc
    Is everything just work?!

    See nd

  5. (ake) baba ti mbi si amu na mbi
    (a-ke)
    (pm-cop)
    baba
    father
    ti
    of
    mbi
    1sg
    si
    foc
    a-mu
    pm-give
    na
    prep
    mbi
    1sg
    It was my father who gave it to me.
  6. so veni si i ken'
    so
    dem
    veni
    itself
    si
    foc
    i
    1pl
    ken'
    reject
    It's this that we reject.

    See Samarin 1967: 107

  7. koli ti mbi la ape
    koli
    man
    ti
    of
    mbi
    1sg
    la
    foc
    ape
    neg
    It's not my man (husband).
  8. zo wa la atene mo ga zo wa?!
    zo
    person
    wa
    what
    la
    foc
    a-tene
    pm-say
    mo
    2sg
    ga
    come
    zo
    person
    wa?!
    what
    Who in the world told you to come?!