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Value Plural noun phrase with definite article
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Generic noun phrases in subject function
Examples
[...] tajuntaa luvaara andaatu, nosa jeentis doos pesaan tiɲatu, japapiyaa see, isti malvaars graasa tafaya [...]
[...]
[...]
ta-juntaa
[
prs
-meet
luvaara
place
andaa-tu,
go-
pfv
.
ptcp
]
nosa
[
1pl
.
gen
jeentis
people
doos
two
pesaan
person
tiɲa-tu,
stand-
pfv
.
ptcp
jaa-papiyaa
pst
-speak
see,
cond
]
isti
this
malvaar-s
Tamil-
pl
graasa
ridicule
ta-faya
prs
-do
[...]
[...]
[...] having gone to a place where [they] get together, if two of our people stand and talk, the(se) Tamils ridicule [them].
See
Smith 1977
: 148-149
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