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Predicative locative phrases
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Invariant copula
Example 40-104:
Marwari [...] kat ki ti
na su kadz
tiro ani yadew pəkə rhapaz.
Marwari
Marwari
[...]
[...]
kat
how.much
ki
rel
ti
cop
.
pst
na
loc
su
3sg
.
poss
kadz
house
tiro
take.out.
pst
ani
and
yadew
gave
pəkə
obj
.that
rhapaz.
boy
The Marwari [...] whatever he had in his house, he took out and gave it to that boy.
Example 40-105:
Həd nɔ kadz ters kadi tə hika.
Həd
loc
nɔ
our
kadz
house
ters
rosary
kadi
daily
tə
prs
hika.
be/become
We have the rosary everyday in our house.
Source:
Clements 1996
: 162
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Language:
Korlai
Feature:
Predicative locative phrases
Source:
Unpublished story
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