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Example 41-34:
etus siɲoor juuntu tapapiyaa lingvaay siɲoorpa lointinda?
[etus
[
3pl
.
hon
siɲoor
gentleman
juuntu
with
ta-papiyaa]
prs
-speak]
lingvaay
language
siɲoor-pa
gentleman-
dat
lo-intinda?
fut
-understand
Do you understand the language they speak to you?
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 2818
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Feature:
Object relative clauses
Source:
Smith 1974-5
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