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Example 73-18
miu ermanoga trabaxoda akabaxunmi a las sinkoda
miu
1sg
.
poss
ermano-ga
brother-
top
trabaxo-da
work-
acc
akaba-xu-n-mi
finish-
prog
-3-
aff
a
at
las
the
sinko-da
five-
acc
My brother (usually) finishes work at five.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes
Language:
Media Lengua
by
Pieter Muysken
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-object-verb (SOV)
Marking of pronominal possessors: Preceding word
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