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Example 47-23
Mi a bai job centre e dia djis chèk si nan tin trabou
ku
ami lo kièr hasi.
Mi
1sg
a
pfv
bai
go
<job
job
centre>
centre
e
def
dia
day
djis
just
chèk
check
si
whether
nan
3pl
tin
have
trabou
work
ku
comp
a-mi
emph
-
1sg
lo
mood
kièr
want
hasi.
do
That day I went to the job centre just to check whether they had any work that I would want to do.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Kouwenberg nd
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Expression of pronominal subjects: Subject pronouns in different position
Predicative possession: Transitive
Motion-to and motion-from: Differentiation
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