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Example 41-35
kilaay paasu?
kilaay
how
paasu?
struggle
How’s the struggle? OR: How’s it going?
Comment:
This is a standard greeting.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 3863
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Interrogative pronouns: Two compound expressions
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