Balkan Slavic (Trebisht). Clitic doubling in VP: indefinite article of the doubled object: Present, 1
| sega da mu a tornam ena ćeska na nogata | ||||||||
sega now | da SBJV.AUX | mu 3SG.M/N.DAT.CL | a 3SG.F.ACC | tor-n-am cut_off(IPFV)-PFV-PRS.1SG | en-a ART.INDF-F | ćesk-a sachet(F)-NOM/ACC.SG | na on | nog-a-ta leg(F)-SG-DEF.NTR |
| Now I will cut off a/one sachet from its leg (NB! The butcher explains, that he will cut off the bladder from the sheep's body. The object is referential for the speaker, but not to the hearer). | ||||||||
Type: Naturalistic spoken
Source: Sobolev & Novik (eds.) 2013: 168