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Example 44-155
Kayá lang a matá kon éle.
Kayá
therefore
lang
just
a
pfv
matá
kill
kon
obj
éle.
him
That’s why he was killed.
Comment:
The agent is not expressed, but the sentence follows the active model and the patient is marked with
kon
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Absence of passive construction
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