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Example 44-58
A mirá rin mánang Lóling
kon
kel ómbri.
A
pfv
mirá
see
rin
also
mánang
sister
Lóling
Loling
kon
obj
kel
def
ómbri.
man
Loling too saw that man.
Comment:
Consider also
A mirá yo un ómbri ayá na iglésya
'I saw a man in the church'. This suggests that indefinite human patients can be left unmarked.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: Definite article identical to a demonstrative
Marking of patient noun phrases: Only animate patient NPs are marked
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