Sentence #42

Xokesu nolekopa Nuwu dunnotosanu, tannatanna datosa luwudu.

xokesu
place+yon+at
noleko
campfire
=pa
=POSS
Nuwu
Nuwu
dunno
see
-to
-DP+REP
=sa
=that.3A
=nu
=N4
tannatanna
quickly
da
go
-to
-DP+REP
=sa
=that.3A
luwudu
light+to

He saw in the distance the light of Nuwu’s campfire, and quickly he went to it.

This sentence is part of Setowa Wudu Nuwu Ŋedane (The Story of Nuwu).

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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