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Passive without verbal coding
Example 4-153:
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.
Source:
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 478
Example 4-154:
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.
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 139
Example 4-155:
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.
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 139
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Language:
Nengee
Feature:
Passive constructions
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 139
;
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 477ff
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