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Example 45-93
Ya cumpra el mujer el mansanas.
Ya
pfv
cumpra
buy
el
def
mujer
woman
el
def
mansanas.
apple
The lady bought the apple.
Comment:
The inanimate object is generally left unmarked. Occasionally it can be marked, as in
Mira tu con el hechura de aquel mujer
[look 2SG OBJ DEF form of that woman] 'Look at the form of that woman' (Escalante 2005: 63).
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Llamado 1972
: 95
Language:
Cavite Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of patient noun phrases: Only animate patient NPs are marked
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Accusative alignment
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