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Ternate Chabacano
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Verb doubling and focus
The constrastive expression is done with the particle numá ‘just’.
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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
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
Feature:
Verb doubling and focus
Source:
Own knowledge
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