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Example 71-142
Loaa mai no palapala
mai
Kina
mai
iaia aole hele ma Kina.
Loaa
received
mai
dir
no
intens
palapala
letter
mai
from
Kina
China
mai
from
iaia
3sg
aole
neg
hele
go
ma
loc
Kina.
China
I received a letter from China [to the effect that] he didn't go to China.
Comment:
Here
loaa
is used as a neuter verb with the sense of 'received, obtained'. DIR=directional, INTENS=intensifier
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1889
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Coming from named places: Circumposition
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