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Example 71-86
Pehea oe
paa
keia koi?
Pehea
why
oe
2sg
paa
hold
keia
this
koi?
fishing-pole
Why are you holding this fishing pole?
Comment:
Paa
is a neuter verb, which most often is stative. Here the temporal reference is non-past.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
own data 1881
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
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