Continuing with Gary’s list:
- He is small, but strong.
But? But. I hereby decree that “but” requires a serial predicate. And the adverb badi “unexpectedly, but-ly”.
114. mava sɛdɛ ɨsa sɛdɛ kɨtɬɛ badi dɛstɛ.
- mava
- 3P.MTsg
- sɛdɛ
- sɛdɛ.IMP
- ɨsa
- small.MTsg
- sɛdɛ
- sɛdɛ.IMP
- kɨtɬɛ
- strong.MTsg
- badi
- but
- dɛstɛ
- I’m told
Questions?