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Order of cardinal numeral and noun
But the ordinal word kozo 'first' goes before the noun.
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Numeral follows noun
Example 59-23:
melenge ti lo oko amu koli
melenge
child
ti
of
lo
3sg
oko
one
a-mu
pm
-take
koli
man
His one child got married.
Example 59-24:
melenge ti lo ni adu melenge ti koli oko
melenge
child
ti
of
lo
3sg
ni
det
a-du
pm
-bear
melenge
child
ti
of
koli
male
oko
one
His child gave birth to one son.
Example 59-25:
wali ni, lo oko la (a)ke lango na ya ti da
wali
woman
ni,
det
lo
3sg
oko
one
la
foc
(a)ke
(
pm
-)
cop
lango
sleep
na
prep
ya
belly
ti
of
da
house
The woman alone slept in the house.
Example 59-26:
lo mu na ni ye oko ape
lo
3sg
mu
give
na
prep
ni
det
ye
thing
oko
one
ape
neg
[Her mother said] that she (the daughter) didn't give her anything.
Example 59-27:
so kwe ata ti lo ni ake ma meme ye oko na ya ni ape
so
dem
kwe
all
ata
grandmother
ti
of
lo
3sg
ni
det
a-ke
sm
-
cop
ma
hear
<meme>
even
ye
thing
oko
one
na
prep
ya
belly
ni
det
ape
neg
Of all this her grandmother didn't observe one thing.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Language:
Sango
Feature:
Order of cardinal numeral and noun
Source:
Samarin 1967
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