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Example 71-34
Mahope iaia pimai,
pehea ka manawa
,
hola ahia
?
Mahope
later
iaia
3sg
pimai,
come
pehea
what
ka
def
manawa,
time
hola
hour
ahia?
which
When does he usually come home, at what hour?
Comment:
The answer to this question was, 'Sometimes he comes in the afternoon, sometimes he comes in the evening'. Here
hola ahia
and
pehea ka manawa
appear to be interchangeable.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
own data 1906
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Interrogative pronouns: One compound expression
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