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Example 39-69
Es tira fɔr, nə?
Es
dem
tir-a
take-
inf
fɔr,
out
nə?
req
(I'll) remove this, you see?
Comment:
The requestative (REQ) particle
nə
is highly macrofunctional, participating in the formation of polar questions, imperatives, and to demand general acknowledgment of the clarity of an utterance - as in this sentence - or constituent.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2004-2008
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
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