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Indefinite pronouns
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Interrogative-based indefinites
Example 66-26:
Go sapabεkεyang si-liiyat.
Go
1sg
sapa-bεkε-yang
who-
quant
-
acc
/
def
si-liyat.
pst
-see
I saw somebody.
Example 66-27:
Apa bεkε sijadi.
Apa
what
bεkε
quant
si-jadi.
pst
-happen
Something happened.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
Feature:
Indefinite pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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