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Example 75-94
Kiinipaahishin ana ahpo eetikwee.
Kii-nipaah-ishi-n
pst
-die-fall-
3sg
ana
dem
.
anim
.
sg
.
prox
ahpo
or
eetikwee.
apparently
Maybe he fell dead, I don't know.
Comment:
Ahpeetikwee
is an idiom for 'I don't know'.
Ana
is a demonstrative often used as a personal pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fleury 2007
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
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