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Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
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Accusative alignment
Example 31-113:
Nha dona toma-
m
di dizaseti anu. vs.
N
toma Pedru di dizaseti anu.
Nha
my
dona
grandmother
toma-m
took-me
di
of
dizaseti
seventeen
anu.
year
vs.
vs.
N
I
toma
take
Pedru
Pedru
di
of
dizaseti
seventeen
anu.
year
My grandmother raised me from the age of seventeen on. vs. I raised Pedru from the age of seventeen.
Source:
nd
Example 31-114:
N panha-
l
d’idadi dja. vs.
El
panha katxor.
N
I
panha-l
take-her
d’idadi
of.age
dja.
already
vs.
vs.
El
he
panha
took
katxor.
dog
I took her when she was already old. vs. He took the dog.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
Source:
nd
;
nd
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