Value Three-way contrast

Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
Parameter:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives
References
Mous 2003: 180

Examples

  1. mbuvá hú ní kíni
    mbuva
    field
    hú
    that
    ní
    is
    kíni
    their
    That field is theirs.
  2. luhigé lukuhló ní yá
    luhige
    door
    lu-kuhlo
    11-nice
    ní
    is
    yá
    this
    The good door is this.
  3. lukándo ká ní lwá míndá ghó
    lukando
    wall
    ká
    dem2
    ní
    is
    lú-a
    11-poss
    minda
    house
    ghó
    my
    This wall is the one of my room.
  4. va'inyí yá ní vagitutú
    va'inyí
    children
    yá
    this
    ní
    is
    va-gitutú
    2-small
    These children are small.