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Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives
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No adjective agrees with the noun
Example 59-139:
lo ga pendere koli
lo
3sg
ga
become
pendere
young
koli
man
He became a young man.
Example 59-140:
use wali ni aga
use
two
wali
woman
ni
def
a-ga
pm
-come
The second wife (the co-wife) came.
Example 59-141:
baa pendere wali so ka
baa
see
pendere
young/pretty
wali
woman
so
dem
ka
there
Look at the pretty girl over there.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Language:
Sango
Feature:
Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives
Source:
Samarin 1967
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