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Example 31-147
p’es torna manda-m Praia
p’es
so.that.they
torna
back
manda-m
send-me
Praia
Praia
so that they send me back to Praia
Comment:
Torna
is a verb that is frequently found with motion verbs such as
manda
'send',
bai
'go', and
ben
'come.'
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
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