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Example 41-7
maal poɖiyaas juuntu boom poɖiyaas jafoy see taam, maal poɖiyaas falaa mee nɔɔmi
maal
bad
poɖiyaas
child
juuntu
with
boom
good
poɖiyaas
child
jaa-foy
pst
-go
see
cond
taam
conc
maal
bad
poɖiyaas
child
falaa
quot
mee
foc
nɔɔmi
name
If good children go with bad children, even though [they may be good children], they only get a bad name [i.e. their name is "bad children"].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5281
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Postpositions
Comitatives and instrumentals: Differentiation
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative: Differentiation
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