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Example 68-86
Des, papa deng mama seng mara-mara lai, su bai.
Des,
so
papa
father
deng
and
mama
mother
seng
neg
mara~mara
angry~angry
lai,
again
su
already
bai.
good
So, father and mother were not angry anymore, everything was okay.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
van Minde 1997
: 126
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative: Identity
Nominal and verbal conjunction: Identity, overtly expressed
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