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Example 41-33
prumeer botussu tɛɛrantu
taam
istiley mee lotiɲam
prumeer
formerly
botus-su
2.
hon
-
gen
tɛɛra-ntu
country-
loc
taam
also
isti=ley
this=like
mee
foc
lotiɲam
fut
.be.
prf
Formerly in your country, too, it would have been like this.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 4061
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Titles used as second person forms
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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