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Example 66-8
Itu oorang serattu.
Itu
dem
oorang
person
ser-attu.
teacher-
indf
That person is a (male) teacher.
Comment:
The common word for female teacher is
miis
(from English
miss
).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
Definite articles: No definite article, but indefinite article
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Predicative noun phrases: No copula
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