Sentence #43

“Kuno deye dullodice gone?” setosamo Nuwumo.

kuno
have
deye
LET
dullo
ABLE
-∅
-NP
=di
=2SG.A
=ce
=1SG.O
gone
food+via
se
say
-to
-DP+REP
=sa
=that.3A
=mo
=this.3O
Nuwu
Nuwu
=mo
=this.3O

He said to Nuwu, “Will you give me food?”

The use of dullo makes this a polite request.

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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