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Example 36-21
O ma m bi kai
Kompa
[...] a
Kompa
tha pê?
O
hour
ma
rel
m
1sg
bi
come
kai
house
Kompa
friend
[...]
[...]
a
where
Kompa
friend
tha
be
pê?
put
When I came to your house, [...] where were you?
French:
Lorsque je suis venu chez vous, [...] où étiez-vous?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 1995
: 62
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Titles used as second person forms
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