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Example 30-156
Ténpu éra di grándi nisisidádi
y
trabádju ka tenba na bera.
Ténpu
time
éra
be.
ant
di=grándi
of=great
nisisidádi
need
y
and
trabádju
employment
ka=ten-ba
not=have-
ant
na=bera.
in=region
It was a time of great need(iness) and there was a lack of employment in the region.
German:
Es war eine Zeit von großer Not und es gab keine Arbeit in der Gegend.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. y
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Differentiation
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