
(1) John kọ́ ni ó lù Mary, David lù ú.
N NEG=FOC 3 hit N, N hit=3.O
(2) Ìlù kọ́ ni John ṣe ní Mary, ìfẹnukonu ni ó ṣe ní ẹ̀.
hit.N NEG=FOC N do PREP N, kiss.N FOC 3 do PREP 3.DAT
(3) Mary kọ́ ni John lù, ó lù Susan.
N NEG=FOC N hit, 3 hit N
In Rireinutire, the unmarked statement "Kane didn't hit Misa" goes in the normal SOV order.roninbodhisattva wrote:How does your language do the following?
(1) John didn't hit Mary, David did
(2) John didn't hit Mary, he kissed her
(3) John didn't hit Mary, he hit Susan
Feel free to substitute appropriate names / NPs for your language.
What does it stand for?prettydragoon wrote:HSY
Got it in one.Teddy wrote:"hearsay", or indirect evidentials.
roninbodhisattva wrote:How does your language do the following?
(1) John didn't hit Mary, David did
(2) John didn't hit Mary, he kissed her
(3) John didn't hit Mary, he hit Susan
Feel free to substitute appropriate names / NPs for your language.
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kka ... kka ... = neither ... nor ...
ahe ... ahe ... = both ... and ...
kka ... ahe ... = not ... but ...
tehi ... tehi ... = either ... or ... (ie. maybe ... maybe ...)
ha ... ha ...? = ... or ...? (ie. Q ... Q ...)