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Example 37-4

N rêsêbê ma nutixya.

N

1sg

rêsêbê

receive

ma

bad

nutixya.

news

I got bad news.

Type:: elicited from speaker
Source:: Maurer 2009: 47

Language:

Principense by Philippe Maurer

Datapoints:

Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun

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