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Example 32-173
Foi
bo pai
k no oiá.
Foi
cop
.
pst
bo
2sg
.
poss
pai
father
k
rel
no
2pl
oiá.
see
It was your father that we saw.
Portuguese:
Foi o teu pai 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 before focus
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