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Example 32-172
Éra
mi
k é primer.
Éra
cop
mi
1sg
k
rel
é
cop
.
pst
primer.
first
It was me who was the first (child).
Portuguese:
Éra eu quem fui o primeiro (filho).
Comment:
Éra
and
é
are variants of the past form of the copula 'to be'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
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 before focus
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