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Example 47-32
Si nos a laga nan kaminda nos a haya nan, pushi ta kome nan.
Si
if
nos
1pl
a
pfv
laga
leave
nan
3pl
kaminda
where
nos
1pl
a
pfv
haya
find
nan,
3pl
pushi
cat
ta
tns
kome
eat
nan.
3pl
Had we left them where we found them, a cat/cats would have eaten them. [of baby birds]
Comment:
From the context of this utterance, it is clear that the adressee is not included in the reference of
nos
.
Type:
published source
Source:
Kouwenberg 2007
: 317
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Inclusive/exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns: No inclusive/exclusive distinction
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