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Saturday, April 27, 2013

‘Me loves she’ type Sinhala grammar

This is a banner I picked from Facebook. This type of sentences are often written in newspapers and we can hear them in radio very often.

Many Sinhalese do not worry a bit about this blatant seduction of basic grammar in Sinhala.

This type of sentences are similar to an English sentence like this.

Me loves she.

Subject  verb and object are grammatically wrong.

How much the Sinhalese would worry if this type of sentence is seen in English!
(www.parakum.com)

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