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Value Cleft with focus particle before focus
Language:
Seychelles Creole
Parameter:
Focusing of the noun phrase
Examples
Se
Pol (menm) ki 'n pran sa liv.
Se
hl
Pol
Paul
(menm)
(himself)
ki
rel
'n
prf
pran
take
sa
dem
liv.
book
It is Paul (himself) who has taken the book.
Sa
Pol ki 'n pran sa liv.
Sa
hl
Pol
Paul
ki
rel
'n
prf
pran
take
sa
dem
liv.
book
It is Paul who took the book.
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