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Example 40-140
ũ ti ap ani fig. Tər akə mulɛr
pən
ti.
ũ
one
ti
cop
.
pst
ap
hand.bread
ani
and
fig.
banana
Tər
so
akə
that
mulɛr
woman
pən
also
ti.
cop
.
pst
Once there was a hand bread and a banana. There was also this woman.
Comment:
This is taken from a story told my Dayna Martis. In the story, the hand bread (rice flour chapatti) and banana are personified.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished story
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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