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Example 41-12
aka viida etus vɛrgɔɔɲantu naa papiyaa
aka
that
viida
because
etus
3pl
.
hon
vɛrgɔɔɲa-ntu
shyness-
loc
naa
neg
.
fut
papiyaa
speak
Therefore, in shyness they won’t talk. OR: Therefore, they are too shy to talk.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1977
: 150
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Postpositions
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
Negation and tense, aspect, and mood marking: Reduced and different TAM marking in negated clauses
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Accusative alignment
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
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