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Example 29-205
Dis my pa wat hierdie huis laat bou het.
Dis
3sg
.
n
=
cop
my
1sg
.
poss
pa
father
wat
rel
hierdie
prox
.
dem
huis
house
laat
let
bou
build
het.
pst
It's my father who had this house built.
Comment:
Dis
is the contracted form of
dit is
('it is') which is also natural in this construction, particularly in the written language.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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