benere object article of the first class fused with the plural article [...]

Part of Speech	art
Morphology	benere
Gloss	OBJ.ART1.PL

• • object article of the first class fused with the plural article of the first class
  • • grammar

  Comment

  There are 5 examples of this form in the corpus. There is only one example (Val 03E(Eno) 021) in which the verb complex is marked by the 3rd person plural object marker, i.e. <=ri> hosted by <koa2> 'just, indeed'.

  • • Example 875:
      

      na kaokahi maa roho benere Daniel

      they left Daniel and his people

      Source: Sii 01R(Sii) 436

    • Example 876:
      

      Ei meori paa gono kahi anaa benere bubuu.

      And so they took me away from my grandparents.

      Source: Sii 02R 163

    • Example 877:
      

      toro kao kahi koari benere subunae

      that (she) had indeed to leave her grandparents

      Source: Val 03E(Eno) 021

    • Example 878:
      

      Ei me, benaa gono vakavara a von, enaa repaa kirikiri kie benere teiee?

      This means, when I have got the price, to whom will I distribute it?

      Source: Mah Loa Vaa 03R(Sao) 116

Related entries

• See also:
  • bene ere article construction for plural nouns of the 1st class