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Example 42-20
Stanley
niora niora
lo bebé sura
Stanley
Stanley
niora
due.course
niora
due.course
lo
fut
bebé
drink
sura
toddy
Stanley often drinks toddy.
Comment:
This was tested with informants in Malacca, October 26, 2009. This order is predominant and considered 'normal'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork 1980-1981, 2009
Language:
Papiá Kristang
by
Alan N. Baxter
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Adverb – verb – object
Uses of the habitual marker: Habitual and future
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