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Example 66-26
Go sapabεkεyang si-liiyat.
Go
1sg
sapa-bεkε-yang
who-
quant
-
acc
/
def
si-liyat.
pst
-see
I saw somebody.
Comment:
This example is for the southern dialect (Kirinda).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Interrogative-based indefinites
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Accusative alignment
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