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Example 44-8
Si kabá ya rin éle éste ányo éste [...].
Si
if
kabá
finish
ya
already
rin
also
éle
3sg
éste
this
ányo
year
éste
this
[...].
[...]
If she finishes already this present year [...].
Comment:
This might be a topic construction. In
kel pwérko kel
'the pig', the repeated definite article indicates the topic, cf. Steinkrüger (2007: 374).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative simultaneously before and after noun
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