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Example 67-1
Wah tengok punya olang pecaya, sayang sama dia.
Wah
interj
tengok
look.at
punya
rel
olang
person
pecaya,
believe
sayang
admire
sama
with
dia.
3sg
Wah, people who were watching believed (and) admired him.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Aye 2005
: 128
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
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