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Example 41-48
akamee, bəəgaspa juuda faya juuda faya falaa jafalaa
aka=mee,
that=
foc
[bəəga-s-pa
[Burgher-
pl
-
dat
juuda
help
faya
do
juuda
help
faya
do
falaa]
quot
]
jaa-falaa
pst
-say
Indeed! They said "help the Burghers, help [them]."
Comment:
Context: because of the irresponsible actions of one individual, a community project had failed and lost money.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5337
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural suffix
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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