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Example 41-32
liimpu bistiidu buniitu oondi boos tandaa?
liimpu
clean
bistiidu
clothing
buniitu
pretty
oondi
where
boos
2sg
ta-andaa?
prs
-go
Where do you think you're going all gussied up like that?
Comment:
(This was said by a mother talking to her daughter.)
Type:
written (poetic)
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5567
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Titles used as second person forms
Interrogative pronouns: Two compound expressions
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