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Example 46-52
Tyéne hénte na kása.
Tyéne
exist
hénte
person
na
loc
kása.
house
There are people in the house. OR: There is somebody in the house.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Zamboanga Chabacano
by
Patrick O. Steinkrüger
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
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