Datapoint Ternate Chabacano/Verb doubling and focus

The constrastive expression is done with the particle numá ‘just’.

Values

No verb doubling

Example 44-178:
Ya kaminá numá Tʃéri, no ya kohré.
Ya
pfv
kaminá
walk
numá
just
Tʃéri,
Cherry
no
neg
ya
pfv
kohré.
run
Cherry was walking, not running.
Confidence:
Intermediate