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Example 68-145
Des, ini ruma katong pung ruma suda.
Des,
so
ini
dem
ruma
house
katong
1pl
pung
poss
ruma
house
suda.
emph
So, this house is ours, and that’s final.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
van Minde 1997
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: In a leftward position
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