Sentence #12

Se-dapeladace: “la! kidi sewanu tenele.”

se
say
dape
ITER
-la
-RP+DIR
=da
=this.3A
=ce
=1SG.O
la!
yes!
kidi
rock
sewa
talking
=nu
=N4
tene
sit
-∅
-NP
=le
=1SG.A

The talking rock replied, “Yes, I am a talking rock.”

And the rock is accepting the designation nu.

This sentence is part of Kidi Sewanu (The Talking Rock).

Key

Subject Phrases (A, S, CS) are double underlined.
Object Phrases (O, CC) are single underlined.
Peripheral Phrases are dashed.
Verb Phrases are unmarked.
Clauses are set off by vertical lines.

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