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Example 47-214
Ta
un florin ela fia Leo.
Ta
cop
un
indf
florin
guilder
el
3sg
a
pfv
fia
lend
Leo.
Leo
(It is) a guilder (that) he lent Leo.
Comment:
The translation is mine.
Type:
published source
Source:
Muller 1989
: 136
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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