Datapoint Burmese / Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns

Language:Burmese
Feature:Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns by Bernard Comrie
Value:Nominative - accusative (standard)

Examples

Sentence igt-836:
you'hyinbwe: hyi'na yi pya. me
you'hyinbwe:
film
hyi'na
eight
yi
hour
pya.
begin
me
irr
the movie will begin at eight o’clock
Sentence igt-837:
qaseigan tayau'ka. hyin. qatwe' hyo pei: hnain me
qaseigan
servant
tayau'ka.
one
hyin.
you
qatwe'
for
hyo
wash
pei:
give
hnain
able
me
irr
one of the servants can wash them for you
Sentence igt-838:
qein pwe:za: gou bahpyi'lou ma hyadha le:
qein
house
pwe:za:
agent
gou
acc
bahpyi'lou
why
ma
neg
hyadha
seek
le:
q
why don’t you look for an agent?
Sentence igt-839:
tayou' pyei gou thwa:ba. me
tayou'
we
pyei
China
gou
to
thwa:ba.
go
me
irr
we will go to China
Sentence igt-840:
hkamya: thu. gou thi.dha la:
hkamya:
you
thu.
he
gou
acc
thi.dha
know
la:
q
do you know him?

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