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Example 41-4
avara bosa roostu sudu cummaa um fuumuley teem
avara
now
bosa
2sg
.
gen
roostu
face
sudu
all
cummaa
just
um
one
fuumu=ley
smoke=like
teem
prs
.be
Now your whole face just is like a [cloud of] smoke.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5075
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessor-possessum
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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