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Example 24-48
Samthing
gwen a' haepen.
Samthing
something
gwen
fut
a'
fut
haepen.
happen
Something will happen.
Comment:
A'
is either a link vowel or the
gwena
variant of
gwen
[FUT].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Norf'k
by
Peter Mühlhäusler
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
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