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Example 29-206
HULLE is dit wat so hard gewerk het. — MARIE is dit/die ene wat so hard gewerk het.
HULLE
3pl
.
nom
is
is
dit
it
wat
what
so
so
hard
hard
ge-werk
ptcp
-work
het.
pst
—
MARIE
Marie
is
is
dit/die
3sg
.
n
/
def
.
art
ene
one
wat
what
so
so
hard
hard
ge-werk
ptcp
-work
het.
pst
They're the ones who worked so hard. — Mary is the one who worked so hard.
Comment:
The pronoun (or equivalent) is necessarily stressed in structures of this type.
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 after focus
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