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Example 30-217
(1) Ta da pa nu sai oxi noti./ (2) Ta da pa nu sai oxi noti?
(1)
(1)
Ta=da
ipfv
=give
pa=nu=sai
for=
1pl
=go.out
oxi
today
noti.
night
(2)
(2)
Ta=da
ipfv
=give
pa=nu=sai
for=
1pl
=go.out
oxi
today
noti.
night
(1) We can go out tonight. / (2) Can we go out tonight?
German:
(1) Wir können heute abend ausgehen. / (2) Können wir heute abend ausgehen?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. aian
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Polar questions: Only interrogative intonation
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