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INTRODUCTION TO EUROPEAN PARTITIVES IN COMPARISON
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drink.pRT1.3PL milk-ABL and ...
‘They drank some milk and ... (Superset indefinite, subset indeter¬
minate.)
2SG.REFL eat.voraciously.2sG milk-ABL-DEF 2SG.REFL milk.IMP.2sG
‘[Since] you are the one drinking the milk, you milk [the cow] your¬
self?
(Superset definite, subset indeterminate.)
Vasili drink.pRT1.3sG glass[NoM] milk[noM]
‘Vasili drank a glass of milk? (Superset indefinite, subset determinate.)
Nuyanzin drink.prtl.3sG>3sG milk-GEN.DEF and...
‘Nuyanzin drank the milk and ..’ (Superset definite, subset determi¬
nate.)
m
u
m
=
+15 +