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Example 30-198
Kárta
ki
N skebe-l
el
perde.
Kárta
letter
k=N=skebe=l
[
comp
=
1sg
=write=
3sg
el
3sg
.
indp
]
perde.
go.astray
The letter that I wrote to him got lost.
German:
Der Brief, den ich ihm geschrieben habe, ging verloren.
Comment:
El
is the resumptive 3SG personal pronoun within the relative clause, refering back to
kárta
.
-l
is the 3SG indirect object pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. ki
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Object relative clauses: Relative particle and resumptive pronoun
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