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Example 67-41
Sekejap lagi balek, awak bole pas ka?
Sekejap
a.while
lagi
more
balek,
return
awak
2sg
bole
can
pas
pass
ka?
q
[I] will come back after a while, is that fine with you (lit. can you allow [me])?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 363
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Binary pronominal politeness distinction
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