Value Accusative alignment

Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns

Examples

  1. aka viida etus vɛrgɔɔɲantu naa papiyaa
    aka
    that
    viida
    because
    etus
    3pl.hon
    vɛrgɔɔɲa-ntu
    shyness-loc
    naa
    neg.fut
    papiyaa
    speak
    Therefore, in shyness they won’t talk. OR: Therefore, they are too shy to talk.

    See Smith 1977: 150

  2. elispa inda nukutiraa noos
    eli-s-pa
    3.m-pl-acc
    inda
    yet
    nuku-tiraa
    neg-take
    noos
    1pl
    We haven't engaged them yet. OR: We haven't taken them on as regular employees yet.

    See Smith 1974-5: 1372

  3. avara etus induŋa jatomaa teem, noov graandi uŋa
    avara
    now
    etus
    3pl.hon
    inda
    another
    uŋa
    one
    jaa-tomaa
    pst-buy
    teem,
    prf
    noov
    new
    graandi
    big
    uŋa
    one
    Now they have bought another one, a new big one.

    See Smith 1974-5: 5297