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Example 73-44
isiti pweblobiga pwirkuguna abinmi
isiti
this
pweblo-bi-ga
town-
loc
-
top
pwirku-guna
pig-
pl
abi-n-mi
exist
-3-
aff
In this town, there are pigs.
Comment:
This demonstrative marks an object near the speaker.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Muysken 1981
: 63
Language:
Media Lengua
by
Pieter Muysken
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
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