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Example 75-1
Trwaa lii zom kiitahkwamamwak trwa lii suutkees shaak.
Trwaa
three
lii
art
.
pl
zom
man
kii-tahkwamamw-ak
pst
-carry.
inan
-
3pl
trwa
three
lii
art
.
pl
suutkees
suitcase
shaak.
each
Three men carried three suitcases each.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Fleury 2007
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Adnominal distributive numerals: No special adjacent distributive numerals
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Affix
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