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Coming from named places
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Preposition Frequency: 56.2%
Example 29-162:
My ma het van/uit Kaapstad terug gekom/gekeer.
My
1sg
.
poss
ma
mother
het
pst
van/uit
from/out
Kaapstad
Cape.Town
terug
back
ge-kom/ge-keer.
ptcp
-come/
ptcp
-returned
My mother came back from Cape Town.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Circumposition Frequency: 43.8%
Example 29-163:
My ma het van Kaapstad (af) terug gekom.
My
1sg
.
poss
ma
mother
het
pst
van
from
Kaapstad
Cape.Town
(af)
(off)
terug
back
ge-kom.
ptcp
-come
My mother has returned from Cape Town.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Language:
Afrikaans
Feature:
Coming from named places
Source:
Own knowledge
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