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Ma'di
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Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb
Language:
Ma'di
Feature:
Order of Object, Oblique, and Verb
by
Matthew S. Dryer
with
Orin D. Gensler
Value:
No dominant order
Examples
Sentence igt-2554:
má r ì dƷɔ́ `sī-rē
má
1sg
r ì
prog
dƷɔ́
house
`sī-rē
NONPST.build-
subord
I was/have been building a house.
Sentence igt-2555:
ɔ́p í ká bɔ̀ŋgú dƷè sàbúnì s ì
ɔ́p í
Opi
ká
3SUBJ
bɔ̀ŋgú
clothes
dƷè
wash
sàbúnì
soap
s ì
SOURCE
Opi is washing clothes with soap.
References
Tucker and Bryan 1966
Blackings and Fabb 2003
Tucker 1967
cite
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