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Example 41-136
ɛlasu fiija jafoytu tavnsvil ɔstreeliya
ɛla-su
3sg
.
f
-
gen
fiija
daughter
jaa-foy-tu
pst
-go-
pfv
.
ptcp
tavnsvil
Townsville
ɔstreeliya
Australia
Her daughter having gone to Townsville, Australia. OR: Consultant's translation: Her daughter has gone to Townsville, Australia.
Comment:
Jafoy teem
'has gone' is okay here in place of
jafoytu
; the latter leaves the sentence without a main verb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 3060
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Going to named places: No adpositional/case marking
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