On the Translation of Fula Texts: Verbal Forms

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Keywords: Fula language; morphology; semantics; typology; aspect systems

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Kosogorova M. A. On the Translation of Fula Texts: Verbal Forms. // Lomonosov Oriental Studies Journal. 2016. N 3, p.89–100

Kosogorova M. A.

Abstract

The article speaks about the numerous verbal forms in the Fula language (Atlantic family) and the best way to translate them into typologically different languages, such as Indo-European. The verbal forms discussed are predicates, participles and recently grammaticalized auxiliaries.