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Example 41-156
noos oondi janasa voo deevspa mee saba
noos
1pl
oondi
where
jaa-nasa
pst
-be.born
voo
indf
deevs-pa
god-
dat
mee
foc
saba
know
Where (the heck) we were born, God only knows.
Comment:
Note that
voo
can only be used as a complementizer for indirect questions, not for indirect statements. It signifies that the speaker has no idea.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5102
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
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