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Example 32-171
Bo pai
e
k no oiá.
Bo
poss
.
2sg
pai
father
e
cop
k
rel
no
1pl
oiá.
see
It was your father that we saw.
Portuguese:
O teu pai é que vimos.
Type:
constructed by native speaker
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula after focus
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