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Example 48-53
¿Bo a kuchá aké kusa?
¿Bo
you.
sg
a
pst
kuchá
hear
aké
that
kusa?
thing
Have you heard/understood that?
Spanish:
¿Vos (usted) oyó/entendió aquella cosa (= eso)?
Comment:
The use of
aké
is far less common than that of
ese
'that'
,
a high frequency item in the creole.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
cite
Datapoints:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
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