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Example 30-192
Kuántu más kumida e dá
du
p'el kura, más e ta kume.
Kuántu
how.much
más
more
kumida
food
e=dá-du
3sg
=give-
pass
p=el=kura,
for=
3sg
=recover
más
more
e=ta=kume.
3sg
=
ipfv
=eat
The more food was given to him to recover, the more he ate.
German:
Je mehr Essen man ihm gab, damit er gesund werde, desto mehr aß er.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 33
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Typical passive construction
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