Value Two-way contrast

Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives

Examples

  1. isti ooy interumeenti nikaraparsa. isti un coʈʈu taparsa
    isti
    this
    ooy
    eye
    interumeenti
    completely
    nikara-parsa.
    neg.hab-see
    isti
    this
    un
    a
    coʈʈu
    little
    ta-parsa
    prs-see
    This eye is completely blind. This one sees a little.

    See Smith 1974-5: 5073

  2. poɖiyaas sudu akantu mee yanasa, aka kaazantu
    poɖiyaas
    children
    tudu
    all
    aka-ntu
    that-loc
    mee
    foc
    jaa-nasa,
    pst-be.born
    aka
    that
    kaaza-ntu
    house-loc
    The children were all born there, in that house.

    See Smith 1974-5: 5105