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Example 30-218
Ê nha pai ki fase-l.
ê
be
nha=pai
my=father
ki=fase=l.
comp
=do=
3sg
It was my father who did it.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Baptista 2006
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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