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Instrument relative clauses
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Relative particle and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 70.0%
Example 32-157:
kel pedra
k
N kebrá janéla k
el
kel
dem
pedra
stone
k
rel
.
pcl
N
1sg
kebrá
break
janéla
window
k
with
el
3sg
the stone with which I broke the window (lit. the stone that I broke the window with it)
Portuguese:
a pedra com a qual quebrei a janela
Confidence:
Certain
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Zero and resumptive pronoun Frequency: 30.0%
Example 32-158:
kel pedra N kebrá janéla k
el
kel
dem
pedra
stone
Ø
Ø
N
1sg
kebrá
break
janéla
window
k
with
el
3sg
the stone with which I broke the window (lit. the stone I broke the window with it)
Portuguese:
a pedra com que/a qual quebrei a janela
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
Feature:
Instrument relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
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