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Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
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Accusative alignment
Example 66-46:
Loorampe biini pe bapa datangeliyat sin? Təra, go pe bapa jo kitang yang datang e-liyat.
Loorang-pe
2sg
.
hon
-
poss
biini-pe
wife-
poss
bapa
father
datang-e-liyat
come-
asp
-see
sin?
q
Təra
no
go-pe
1sg
-
poss
bapa-jo
father-
foc
kitang-yang
1pl
-
acc
.
def
datang-e-liyat.
come-
asp
-see
Has your wife’s father visited us? No, MY father has visited us.
Example 66-68:
Lorang sitiidur.
Lorang
2sg
.
pol
si-tiidur.
pst
-sleep
You slept.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
Feature:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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