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Example 57-9
se te Tuo le pla:te
se
presv
te
pl
Tuo
Touho
le
si
pla:te
plant
It is the Touho people that planted them.
Comment:
Te
is the short form of the plural marker
tule
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 154
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Focusing of the noun phrase: Fronting with particle before focus
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