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Example 42-167
akeli omi
keng
bos já olá, eli yo sa pai
akeli
that
omi
man
keng
rel
bos
2sg
já
pfv
olá,
see
eli
3sg
yo
1sg
sa
gen
pai
father
The man you saw is my father.
Comment:
As noted in Baxter (1988), while relative clauses with the relative
keng
are possible, they are rare.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork 1980-1981, 2009
Language:
Papiá Kristang
by
Alan N. Baxter
cite
Datapoints:
Object relative clauses: Relative particle and gap
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