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Example 20-32
深文基林謙
Some man killum him.
Some
some
man
man
killum
kill
him.
3sg
Someone killed him. OR: He has been murdered.
Comment:
This sentence is used to translate the passive sentence (see the second translation) in Tong (1862). The subject
some man
is assumed to be an indefinite pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: IV.72
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Generic-noun-based indefinites
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Accusative alignment
Passive constructions: Passive without verbal coding
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