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Example 41-34
etus siɲoor juuntu tapapiyaa lingvaay siɲoorpa lointinda?
[etus
[
3pl
.
hon
siɲoor
gentleman
juuntu
with
ta-papiyaa]
prs
-speak]
lingvaay
language
siɲoor-pa
gentleman-
dat
lo-intinda?
fut
-understand
Do you understand the language they speak to you?
Comment:
Siɲoor
is a noun. E.g. it may be preceded by a determiner:
isti siɲoor
'this gentleman'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 2818
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Titles used as second person forms
Object relative clauses: Zero and gap
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