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Lokono
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Order of Subject and Verb
Language:
Lokono
Feature:
Order of Subject and Verb
by
Matthew S. Dryer
Value:
No dominant order
Examples
Sentence igt-1478:
alekhebe-ka li wadili
alekhebe-ka
happy-
ind
li
the
wadili
man
The man is/was happy.
Sentence igt-1476:
miaka aba wadili sika khali da-myn
miaka
yesterday
aba
indef
wadili
man
sika
give
khali
cassava.bread
da-myn
me-to
Yesterday, a man gave cassava bread to me.
Sentence igt-1477:
li wadili osa bahy-nro miaka
li
the
wadili
man
osa
go
bahy-nro
home-to
miaka
yesterday
The man went home yesterday.
References
Pet 1987
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