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Sango
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Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article
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Co-occurrence Frequency: 50.0%
Example 59-114:
mo wara pendere bongo ni so na ndo wa?
mo
2sg
wara
get
pendere
pretty
bongo
dress
ni
det
so
dem
na
prep
ndo
place
wa?
where
Where did you get this pretty dress?
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 65
Example 59-115:
ala ke tene tene ni so gi na yanga senge senge
ala
3pl
ke
cop
tene
say
tene
word
ni
det
so
dem
gi
only
na
prep
yanga
mouth
senge
nothing
senge
nothing
They're just saying this frivolously.
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 65
Confidence:
Very certain
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No co-occurrence Frequency: 50.0%
Example 59-116:
melenge ti wali so akumase ti toto
melenge
child
ti
of
wali
female
so
dem
a-kumase
pm
-begin
ti
of
toto
cry
The girl began to cry.
French:
Cette fille commença à pleurer.
Example 59-117:
koli ti fango zo so, lo hunda poro ti tere ti anyama oko oko oko, lo yu na tere ti lo
koli
man
ti
of
fango
kill.
nom
zo
person
so,
dem
lo
3sg
hunda
ask
poro
skin
ti
of
tere
body
ti
of
a-nyama
pl
-animal
oko
one
oko
one
oko,
one
lo
3sg
yu
wear
na
on
tere
body
ti
of
lo
3sg
This murderer, he asked (people) for skins of each kind of animal and put them on.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Language:
Sango
Feature:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 69
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