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Value Binary pronominal politeness distinction
Language:
Sango
Parameter:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns
References
Samarin 1967
Examples
mo ma awe, mama?
mo
2sg
ma
hear
awe,
already
mama?
mother
Did you understand, Mother?
See
nd
mama, ala de ti lango ape?!
mama,
mother
ala
2pl
de
continue
ti
of
lango
sleep
ape?!
neg
Mother, haven't you fallen asleep yet?!
i na mama, i ga
i
1pl
na
and
mama,
mother
i
1pl
ga
come
Mother and I came.
See
Samarin 1967
: 140
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