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Example 37-1
[...] ê kum'inhemi sê pe.
[...]
[...]
ê
3sg
kume
eat
inhemi
yam
sê
dem
pe.
ideo
[...] He ate the whole yam.
Comment:
Pe
is an ideophone which normally modifies
tudu
'all', but which may also stand alone.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 182
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
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