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Example 31-122
Txuba ta ben txobe.
Txuba
rain
ta
fut
ben
come
txobe.
rain
The rain is going to fall.
Comment:
This example was taken from my Santiago corpus. Its counterpart is also possible in the Brava variety although I could not find an illustrative example in my Brava corpus.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Raining constructions: Rain rains
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