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Example 75-143
La Sandrieuz maatoow, nawachiko sheekishiiw.
La
def
.
art
.
f
.
sg
Sandrieuz
Cinderella
maatoo-w,
cry-
3sg
nawachiko
somewhat
sheekishii-w.
be.scared-
3sg
Cinderella was crying, she was a little scared.
Comment:
These are two subsequent intransitive sentences from a narrative. Past is not marked here, but it is translated as past as the event took place in the past. Narrative past is not the common pattern in Michif.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fleury 2007
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Accusative alignment
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