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Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
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Raining constructions
Examples
Sólenca nietula, dózika ju, soledátka liésa pasóla.
Solənʧa
sun
nietu-la,
cop
.
neg
-
pfv
doʒika
rain
ju,
be
soledatka
soldier
liesa
forest
pasola.
went.
pfv
The sun had disappeared, it was raining [but] soldiers went to the forest.
See
Jabłońska 1957
: 168
Люди ходи кончай, дождь ходи.
Liudi xadi kanʧaj, doʃ hadi.
Liudi
person
xadi
go
kanʧaj,
finish
doʃ
rain
hadi.
go
People had passed [here] before the rain.
See
Arsen’ev 1949
: 26
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