Continuing with Gary’s list:
- I stood, a little mite of a girl, upon a chair by the window, and watched the falling snowflakes.
Where does Gary find these? Paraphrasing to very little girl, this requires two serial predicates, a relative clause, and then a second clause.
163. lene esɛdɛ laki ɨsa sɛttɛ tɛnɛ da notɛndɛ kotɬa olaya na le doŋi dolna tadanna tono.
- lene
- 1P.MTsg
- e-
- very
- sɛdɛ
- sɛdɛ.IMP
- laki
- girl.MTsg
- ɨsa
- little.MTsg
- sɛttɛ
- sɛdɛ.PRF
- tɛnɛ
- chair.SSsg
- da
- REL
- no-
- near-
- tɛndɛ
- tɛndɛ.IMP
- kotɬa
- window.SSsg
- olaya
- upon
- na
- and
- le
- my
- doŋi
- eyes.MTsg
- dolna
- snow.MTpl
- tadanna
- falling.MTpl
- tono
- ono.PRF
Questions?