Albanian (Shala e Bajgorës). Adversative: 'but': Not borrowed, 1
Djali nuk lyp kurx̔ā, po kajusha ja jep ni pēnēl krahi (Ceceli) | ||||||||||
djal-i boy(M)-NOM.SG.DEF | nuk NEG | lyp ask.PRS.3SG | kurrx̔ā never-thing | po but | kajush-a heron(F)-NOM.SG.DEF | ja DAT.3SG:ACC.3SG | jep give.PRS.3SG | ni one | pēnēl tassel(M).DIR.SG | krah-i wing(M)-ABL.SG |
the young man asks for nothing, but the heron gives him a wing tassel |
Type: Naturalistic spoken
Source: Mulaku 2005: 207