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Example 48-185
Era Huan kiene asé-ba asé eso.
Era
be.
pst
Huan
Juan
kiene
who
asé-ba
do-
pst
.
hab
asé
do
eso.
this
It was Juan who used to do that.
Spanish:
Era Juan quien hacía eso.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
cite
Datapoints:
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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