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Though the English translation does not capture the function of sa go very well (due to
the broad translations), it appears that the speaker was very deliberate about mentioning
the fact that they used to cover the bootaagan when it rained (to prevent it from getting
wet), but then apparently remembered that they also covered the bootaagan at night as
well when they were not using it. This point is interjected and accented by sa go. The
fact that the final utterance, accented by sa go, is offset by a comma suggests that the
speaker was indeed making an interjection here, i.e. a resultant interjection.
The final example of the use of sa go occurs as a result of an event, being stumped.
At one of our meetings, I asked a question that apparently stumped one of my
consultants. After a long silence ensued, one of my consultants interjects the following
utterance, accenting it with sa go.
(90) sa go (Mille Lacs Session)
Mii sa go wawaanimigooyaan. (after having been stumped)
DP DM DM that I am stumped
‘They stumped me.’
What all these examples show is that the core meaning of isa (or its clitic form sa) in
marking finality or resultant content is still largely transparent within the cluster sa go.
Though the cluster has an additional function in marking interjected content, it is content
which occurs as a direct result of prior discourse. Recall also that sa go made its
appearance in the closing of narratives as well.
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