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Instrument relative clauses
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Relative particle and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 70.0%
Example 61-7:
Lo kuba yena lo into lo tina lima ka yena [...].
Lo
art
kuba
hoe
yena
it
lo
art
into
thing
lo
rel
tina
we
lim-a
plough-
v
ka
ins
yena
it
[...].
[...]
A hoe is a thing that we plough with [...].
Source:
Adendorff 1995
: 12
Confidence:
Certain
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Zero and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 30.0%
Example 61-102:
Lo kuba yena lo into tina lima ka yena [...].
Lo
art
kuba
hoe
yena
it
lo
art
into
thing
tina
we
lim-a
plough-
v
ka
ins
yena
it
[...]
[...]
A hoe is a thing we plough with [...]. OR: A hoe is something that we plough with [...].
Source:
Adendorff 1995
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Language:
Fanakalo
Feature:
Instrument relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
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