Example 40-41

Gran irmão te puntan pel ye, "wɔ asta paisa dun tedzer?"
Gran
big
irmão
brother
te
prs
puntan
ask.prog
pel
obj
ye,
this
"wɔ
2sg
asta
so.much
paisa
money
dun
from-where
tedzer?"
bring
The big brother is asking this: "Where did you get so much money from?"
Comment:
This is taken from a story told by Francis Martis. Note: this sentence has some features that are reproductions of the priest variety spoken by the Portuguese-speaking priests assigned to the Korlai parish in the pre-Vatican II era. The traits: dun instead of unsu and tedzer instead of tedzew.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished story