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Example 31-47
Kenhi ki ten se kaza na dja Braba, el e riku.
Kenhi
who
ki
that
ten
has
se
his
kaza
house
na
in
dja
dja
Braba,
Braba
el
he
e
is
riku.
rich
Whoever has a house in Brava is rich.
Comment:
All
wh-
argument and adverbial words may be accompanied with the particle
ki
, but
ki
may also be absent. Brava can be referred to as Brava or dja Braba, two ways that natives call the island.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Interrogative pronouns: One compound expression
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