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Example 32-177
Es mnin ta gostá d'ijgá ring
tanben
na féria.
Es
dem
.
pl
mnin
child
ta
prs
gostá
like
de
of
ijgá
play
ring
ring
tanben
also
na
during
féria.
holiday
These kids like to play the game ring also during the holiday.
Portuguese:
Esses meninos gostam de jogar ring também durante as férias.
Comment:
Tanben
'also' immediatelly precedes the focused prepositional phrase.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: Before the focused element
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