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Example 42-162
jenti prenya eli parí muré fiká pontianak
jenti
person
prenya
pregnant
eli
3sg
parí
bear
muré
die
fiká
become
pontianak
vampire
A pregnant woman who dies in childbirth becomes a vampire.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Baxter 1988
: 112
Language:
Papiá Kristang
by
Alan N. Baxter
cite
Datapoints:
Subject relative clauses: Zero and resumptive pronoun
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