Test Sentences, 49

Continuing with Gary’s list:

71. On the top of the hill in a little hut lived a wise old woman.

Way back in episode 8 I discussed the pattern SRC LOC mÉ›haÅ‹i ko as “SRC makes a home in|dwells in|lives in LOC”. But that gets a bit unwieldy with a complex location like “on the top of the hill in a little hut”. So, an alternative construction involves the verb É›mÉ›mÉ›, which we haven’t used yet. Specifically, it involves ey-É›mÉ›mÉ› in the construction SRC ko-hɨdÉ›n ey-É›mÉ› LOC, which leaves room for a complex LOC.

71. kyɛnɛ tɛta syena kohɨdɛn eyɛmɛ laka ɨsa da tɛndɛ lɛnɛ da olat dɛstɛ.

In KÄ“len:

71. ñamma jamāra ā macēna mahēna masōnen sū jakō jīña sū jalāīñ ōl;

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