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Example 41-86
fereerus, karpinteerus, kustreerus. akas tudu tiraa see mee nosa tɛɛrantu kii tasusta falaatu etus lolembraa
fereeru-s,
blacksmith-
pl
karpinteeru-s,
carpenter-
pl
kustreeru-s.
tailor-
pl
aka-s
that-
pl
tudu
all
tiraa
take
see
cond
mee
foc
nosa
1pl
.
gen
tɛɛra-ntu
country-
loc
kii
what
ta-susta
prs
-happen
falaatu
quot
etus
3pl
.
hon
lo-lembraa
fut
-think
Blacksmiths, carpenters, tailors. Only if you take all those, they will know what is going on in our country.
Comment:
This example illustrates the future of the stative
lembraa
'think'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 2856
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
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