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Example 33-33
Nhu kume?
Nh-u
2sg
-
m
kume?
eat.
pst
Did you eat (Sir)?
Portuguese:
Você/ o senhor comeu?
Comment:
Polite.
Nhu
is not a noun, but can be used to call a person:
Nhu! Nhu bin!
'Sir, please come.'
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Binary pronominal politeness distinction
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