Datapoint Sanuma / Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns

Language:Sanuma
Feature:Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns by Bernard Comrie
Value:Ergative - absolutive

Examples

Sentence igt-1314:
ipa pole a noma so ma
ipa
my
pole
dog
a
3sg
noma
die
so
foc
ma
pfv
my dog died
Sentence igt-1315:
ipa hao nö ham te niha masulu kökö toto ki kite
ipa
my
hao
father
nö
erg
ham
visitor
te
he
niha
to
masulu
beads
kökö
they
toto
give
ki
foc
kite
fut
my father will give beads to the visitor
Sentence igt-1316:
samakö hu pia kule
samakö
we
hu
go
pia
intend
kule
prs
we are about to go
Sentence igt-1317:
sama töpö se kite
sama
we.erg
töpö
they
se
hit
kite
fut
we will hit them

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