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Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns
Language:
Yoruba
Feature:
Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Nominative - accusative (standard)
Examples
Sentence igt-3302:
táíwò ó wǎ ló̩la̍
táíwò
Taiwa
ó
fut
wǎ
come
ló̩la̍
tomorrow
Taiwa will come tomorrow
Sentence igt-3303:
adájó̩ jù ò̩'dáràn náà s’ é̩wò̩n o̩dún mé̩ta̍
adájó̩
judge
jù
sent
ò̩'dáràn
offender
náà
the
s’
to
é̩wò̩n
prison
o̩dún
year
mé̩ta̍
three
the judge sent the offender to prison for two years
Sentence igt-3304:
o sanra púpò̩
o
you.nom
sanra
be.fat
púpò̩
very
you are very fat
Sentence igt-3305:
a rí o̩ l’ ó̩jà
a
we.nom
rí
see
o̩
you.acc
l’
at
ó̩jà
market
we saw you at the market
References
Rowlands 1969
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