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Language:
Fanakalo
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases
Examples
Mina buka yena: yena khona lapha.
Mina
I
buk-a
see-
prs
yena:
he
yena
he
khon-a
be-
prs
lapha.
there
I see him: he is there.
Yena lo ticha.
Yena
he
lo
def
.
art
ticha.
teacher
He is a teacher.
Buka upi mina khona.
Buk-a
see-
imp
upi
where
mina
I
khona.
loc
.
cop
See where I am.
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