Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Predicative locative phrases

Values

Invariant copula

Example 41-118:
paaysu tudu rɔnal ankalsu pɛɛrtu teem
paay-su
father-gen
tudu
all
rɔnal
Ronald
ankal-su
uncle-gen
pɛɛrtu
near
teem
prs.be
Father's [house] and all is near Uncle Ronald's.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 4877

Example 41-119:
avara botuspa saba jaavanantu tiɲa duvɛɛnsa: kɔleraa. avara kulumbuntu teem
avara
now
botus-pa
2.hon-dat
saba
know
[jaavana-ntu
[Jaffna-loc
tiɲa]
pst.be]
duvɛɛnsa:
illness
kɔleraa.
cholera
avara
now
kulumbu-ntu
Colombo-loc
teem
prs.be
Now you know, in Jaffna there was a sickness: cholera. Now it is in Colombo. OR: Now you know, the sickness that was in Jaffna, cholera. Now it is in Colombo.

Source: Smith 1974-5: 4834

Confidence:
Very certain