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Example 41-28
aka laraandu
ɛla
takustumaa kiipa kamfalaa nosa gaavns pakuzataam
aka
that
laraandu
aside
ɛla
3sg
.
f
ta-kustumaa
prs
-train
kii-pa
what-
dat
kam-falaa
cond
-say
nosa
1pl
.
gen
gaavn-s
dress-
pl
pa-kuza-taam
inf
-sew-
refl
That aside, why she is learning [how to sew] is to sew our own frocks.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5280
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: In 3rd person singular and plural only
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