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Example 41-149
avara osiyoor taam [nɔɔyvantaa] lopuntaa, "boospa teen dizeey voo, elipa pakazaa?" falaatu
avara
now
osiyoor
3sg
.
hon
taam
also
[nɔɔyva-ntaa]
[bride-
loc
]
lo-puntaa,
fut
-ask
"boos-pa
2sg
-
dat
teem
prs
.be
dizeey
desire
voo,
indf
eli-pa
3sg
.
m
-
acc
pa-kazaa?"
inf
-marry
falaa-tu
quot
-
pfv
Now he [the priest] will also ask [the bride], "are you willing to marry him?"
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 3261
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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