Datapoint Papiá Kristang/Marking of patient noun phrases
Definite human patient NPs are marked. Indefinite human patient NPs are optionally marked depending on whether the referent is specific or not, yet also depending on the degree of recognition that the speaker grants the patient NP. Non-human animate patients are not normally marked, unless highly definite. Inanimate patients are not marked.
Values 
Only definite and animate patient NPs are marked
- Example 42-98:
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yo ja olá ku Maria sa paiyo1sgjapfvoláseekuaccMariaMariasagenpaifatherI saw Maria's father.
Source: Baxter 1988: 156
- Example 42-99:
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eli ta olá aké bukueli3sgtaprogolálookakéthatbukubookHe is looking at that book.
Source: Baxter 1988: 154
- Example 42-100:
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eli já kaza ńgua malayueli3sgjápfvkazamarryńguaonemalayuMalayShe married a Malay.
Source: Baxter 1988: 157
- Example 42-101:
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nus ja olá aké pesinus1pljapfvoláseeakéthatpesifishWe saw that fish.
Source: Baxter 1988: 159
- Confidence:
- Very certain