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Example 41-25
kii
tafaya? poɖiyaasntu taam
kii
poy faya?
kii
what
ta-faya?
prs
-do
poɖiyaas-ntu
child-
loc
taam
also
kii
what
poy
habil
faya?
do
What to do? What can the children do also?
Comment:
The speaker was an aged woman and clearly a native speaker of Sri Lanka Portuguese. Another consultant commented that
poɖiyaas vɔɔnda
was "better" than
poɖiyaas-ntu
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5068
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Position of interrogative phrases in content questions: Interrogative phrase not initial
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