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Example 39-8
Ũ piken rat tiŋ vay nə del kamiŋ.
Ũ
one
piken
small
rat
mouse
t-iŋ
ipfv
-
pst
vay
go.
inf
nə
loc
də-el
of-
3sg
kamiŋ.
way
One small mouse was going about its way.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 166
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, nothing can intervene
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