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Example 33-153
Djon
sta
na prasa.
Djon
Djon
sta
cop
na
in
prasa.
town
John is in town.
Portuguese:
O João está na cidade.
Comment:
Here a different copula is used for predicative locative phrases.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Differentiation
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