Example 39-87

Mĩ saykəl te kaz.
Mĩ
1sg.poss
saykəl
bicycle
te
be.npst
kaz.
house
My bicycle is at home.
Comment:
In Diu Indo-Portuguese, one verb (te/tiŋ) conflates the functions performed in other languages by existential, locative and possessive verbs, and the stage-level copula. Therefore, the correct interpretation of a sentence such as this one may be ambiguous out of context.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2009: 160