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Example 65-75
Папа тоже, малень была я, папа помирала.
Papa
toʒa,
malen' byla ja, papa pomirala.
Papa
father
toʒa,
also
malen'
small
byla
cop
.
pfv
ja,
1sg
papa
father
pomira-la.
die-
pfv
And the father also, he died when I was small.
Comment:
The example was recorded by E. Perekhvalskaya and F. Eloeva in 1985 (Primorskij region).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 237
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Datapoints:
Tense-aspect systems: No or only one tense or aspect marker
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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