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Example 39-43
Nə saykəl uncle tiŋ vay.
Nə
loc
saykəl
bicycle
<uncle>
uncle
t-iŋ
ipfv
-
pst
vay.
go.
inf
You (uncle) were going by bicycle.
Comment:
Uncle
is taken from English.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 147
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Titles used as second person forms
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