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Value After the focused element
Language:
Papiamentu
Parameter:
Focus particle ‘also’
Examples
Omo J tambe a manda mi un karchi.
Omo
uncle
J
J
tambe
also
a
pfv
manda
send
mi
1sg
un
indf
karchi.
card
Uncle J. too has sent me a card.
See
Kouwenberg nd
E boto na kual bo ta mará ta kore rònt i asina bo
tambe
ta kore rònt na laira.
E
def
boto
boat
na
loc
kual
which
bo
2sg
ta
tns
mará
tied
ta
tns
kore
run
rònt
round
i
and
asina
thus
bo
2sg
tambe
too
ta
tns
kore
run
rònt
round
na
loc
laira.
sky
The boat that you are tied to moves around and in that way you too move around in the sky.
See
Kouwenberg nd
[...] i ku e lès nan ku mi ta duna
tambe
ta bai bon.
[...]
[...]
i
and
ku
with
e
indf
lès
lesson
nan
pl
ku
comp
mi
1sg
ta
tns
duna
give
tambe
also
ta
tns
bai
go
bon.
good
[...] and with the classes that I teach too it is going well.
See
Kouwenberg nd
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