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Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives
Examples
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
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
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