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Example 66-31
Miflal-derang pasar na blakang ka a-mainðuðuk ambε aðuuðung.
Miflal-derang
Miflal-
ass
pasar-na
shop-
dat
blakang
back
ka
in
a-main-ðuuðuk
prs
-play-
prog
ambε
comp
a-ðuuðung.
prs
-
aux
Miflal and his friends are playing behind the shop.
Comment:
This is a constructed example in the Kirinda dialect (verified locally with native speakers).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
The associative plural: Special associative plural marker identical to 3rd plural pronoun
Tightness of the link between the progressive marker and the verb: Particle, nothing can intervene
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