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Special dependent person forms for subject and object
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Example 40-15:
Elo tɛ mwit buni.
Elo
3pl
tɛ
are
mwit
very
buni.
good
They are very good.
Example 40-23:
əkə mulɛr tə hala, "Yo ti andad əkə ye pesh ulya". Tər pesh pən nu ti nad. Mhanje el ti andad lava kɔrp.
əkə
that
mulɛr
woman
tə
prs
hala,
say
"Yo
I
ti
pst
andad
go.
ptcp
əkə
that
ye
this
pesh
fish
ulya".
look.at
Tər
but
pesh
fish
pən
also
nu
neg
ti
cop
.
pst
nad.
nothing
Mhanje
that.is
el
3sg
ti
pst
andad
go.
ptcp
lava
wash
kɔrp.
body
That woman said, "I went to look at the fish." But there was no fish. That's to say, she went to take a bath.
Example 40-26:
Yo ulyo ku padgar.
Yo
I
ulyo
see.
pst
ku
obj
padgar.
priest
I saw the priest.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Language:
Korlai
Feature:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object
Source:
Unpublished story
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