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Example 31-52
N ka ten ningen na Merka pa da-m, nen
mai ku pai
, dja more tudu.
N
I
ka
neg
ten
have
ningen
no.one
na
in
Merka
America
pa
to
da-m,
give-me
nen
nor
mai
mother
ku
and
pai,
father
dja
compl
more
die
tudu.
all
I have no one in America to give me anything, neither mother nor father, they are all dead.
Comment:
This example shows that the same conjunction is used when connecting two full NPs.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Pronoun conjunction: Singular pronoun overtly conjoined with other conjunct
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