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Example 47-52
Nan a drenta manera di kustumber ketu-ketu.
Nan
3pl
a
pfv
drenta
enter
manera
like
di
of
kustumber
habit
ketu~ketu.
quiet~quiet
As usual, they entered quietly.
Comment:
The translation is mine.
Type:
literary source
Source:
Pinto 1965
: 63
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Identity
Functions of reduplication: Word-class-changing function
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