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Example 40-18
N-əkə alde nɔ kadi ti baʃa.
N-əkə
loc
-that
alde
village
nɔ
we
kadi
everyday
ti
pst
baʃa.
go.down
We would go down to that village every day. OR: We used to go down to that village every day.
Comment:
This sentence is taken from a story told by Rozy Martis.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished story
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Object – adverb – verb
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