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Value Optional vocative marker preceding noun
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Vocative markers
References
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. o interj.
Examples
O Manel! Bénka! N kre flá-u un kusa!
O
voc
Manel!
Emmanuel
Bénka!
here
N=kre
1sg
=want
flá=u
tell=
2sg
un=kusa!
art
.
indf
=thing
Hey Emmanuel! Come here! I want to tell you something!
German:
He Emmanuel! Hierher! Ich will dir was sagen!
See
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. o interj.
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