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Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
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Accusative alignment
Example 41-12:
aka viida etus vɛrgɔɔɲantu naa papiyaa
aka
that
viida
because
etus
3pl
.
hon
vɛrgɔɔɲa-ntu
shyness-
loc
naa
neg
.
fut
papiyaa
speak
Therefore, in shyness they won’t talk. OR: Therefore, they are too shy to talk.
Source:
Smith 1977
: 150
Example 41-2:
elispa inda nukutiraa noos
eli-s-pa
3.
m
-
pl
-
acc
inda
yet
nuku-tiraa
neg
-take
noos
1pl
We haven't engaged them yet. OR: We haven't taken them on as regular employees yet.
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 1372
Example 41-75:
avara etus induŋa jatomaa teem, noov graandi uŋa
avara
now
etus
3pl
.
hon
inda
another
uŋa
one
jaa-tomaa
pst
-buy
teem,
prf
noov
new
graandi
big
uŋa
one
Now they have bought another one, a new big one.
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5297
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Feature:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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