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Example 35-164
Kani makaku, ê doxi muntu.
Kani
meat
makaku,
monkey
ê
3sg
doxi
sweet
muntu.
very
Monkey meat, it's very tasty.
Comment:
Absence of the copula is uncommon and requires a special intonation pattern on the adjective (high pitch, vowel lengthening).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative adjectives: Variable copula
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