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Example 66-1
Go bicaya luyang.
Go
1sg
bicaya
believe
lu-yang.
2sg
-
acc
.
def
I believe you. (NOT: I believed you.)
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Accusative alignment
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