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Example 29-10
Ek wil dié week met jou praat.
Ek
1sg
.
nom
wil
want
dié
prox
.
dem
week
week
met
with
jou
2sg
.
obl
praat.
talk
I want to talk to you this week.
Comment:
This is an emphatic form of the proximal demonstrative; the unmarked form is
hierdie
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
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