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Example 40-2
Barber tiran ispi su. Ya korto su rhab.
Barber
barber
tiran
pull.out.
prog
ispi
thorn
su.
poss
.
3sg
Ya
pst
korto
cut.
pst
su
3sg
rhab.
tail
The barber was pulling the thorn out of his tail (with a knife). He cut off his tail.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Clements 2007
: 168
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
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