Datapoint Sango/Subject relative clauses

Values

Relative particle and resumptive pronoun

Example 59-30:
lo wara melenge ni so alondo ka na kodro ti lo ni aga ti to ngu
lo
3sg
wara
find
melenge
child
ni
det
so
who
a-londo
pm-arise
ka
there
na
prep
kodoro
village
ti
of
lo
3sg
ni
det
a-ga
pm-come
ti
of
to
draw
ngu
water
He met the girl who had left her village over there and had come to draw water.
Example 59-274:
mokunzi so aga (na) ndo so [...]
mokunzi
chief
so
rel
a-ga
pm-come
(na)
(prep)
ndo
place
so
det
[...]
[...]
The chief who came here [...].
Example 59-275:
Ala so aga retar [...].
ala
3pl
so
rel
a-ga
pm-come
retar
late
[...]
[...]
Those who came late [...].

Source: Samarin 1967: 70

Example 59-276:
wali so aduti na sese ka so, lo ke mama ti mbi
wali
woman
so
dem
a-duti
pm-sit
na
prep
sese
ground
ka
over.there
so,
thus
lo
3sg
ke
cop
mama
mother
ti
of
mbi
1sg
The woman who's sitting on the ground over there is my mother.
Example 59-279:
melenge so anyon' me nzoni ape lo ke kwi (na) nzala
melenge
child
so
rel
a-nyon'
pm-drink
me
breast
nzoni
well
ape
neg
lo
3sg
yeke
cop
kwi
die
(na)
(from)
nzala
hunger
A child that doesn't feed well dies of hunger.
Confidence:
Certain