Datapoint Kikongo-Kituba/Nominal and verbal conjunction

The marker na is used for NPs, but ye for clauses. There is no conjunction reduction, except in serial verb constructions.

Values

Differentiation

Example 58-24:
Yandi na Petelo bo kwend-aka.
Yandi
he
na
and/with
Petelo
Petelo
bo
they
kwend-aka.
leave-pst
He and Peter, they left.
Example 58-95:
Petelo me(ne) dia ye yandi me(ne) lala.
Petelo
Peter
me(ne)
prf
dia
eat
ye
and
yandi
he
me(ne)
prf
lala.
sleep
Peter has eaten and has [fallen] asleep (lit. Peter has eaten and has slept).
Confidence:
Very certain