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Example 29-209
Oefen OEFEN hy!
Oefen
practise
OEFEN
practise
hy!
3sg
.
m
.
nom
Practise he certainly does! / There's no doubt he's practising!
Comment:
This is another emphatic structure; interpretation very similar to the English form ('Practice he certainly does!'). The stress pattern is necessarily as indicated.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: No verb doubling
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