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Example 55-198
li maṅze mem; li nek maṅze; li nek maṅze mem
li
s/he
maṅze
eat
mem;
foc
li
s/he
nek
merely
maṅze;
eat
li
s/he
nek
merely
maṅze
eat
mem
foc
S/he does nothing but eat.
Comment:
Mem
is a focus marker which can follow words of any major class. All three means of focussing/emphasizing can be combined as in
li nek ma
ṅ
ze ma
ṅ
ze mem
.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
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