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Example 28-181
da
or
sə
da di, watjə rupa nau, domni
da
cop
ori
3sg
so
foc
da
cop
di,
the
wati
what
ju
2sg
rupu-a
call-
ipfv
nau,
now
domni
pastor
(It) is he who is the, what do you call (it), pastor.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 425
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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