Datapoint Chinese Pidgin English/Position of definite article in the noun phrase

Most of the definite articles in the English texts of Tong (1862) are not rendered in the Chinese Pidgin English versions, showing that bare noun phrases can be interpreted as definite. The demonstrative that/dat is occasionally used in place of the.

Values

Definite article is preposed

Example 20-16:
碌思咧捫尼米其威
Look see that money makee weigh.
Look
look
see
see
that
dem
money
money
makee
make
weigh.
weigh
See that the money is weighed.

Source: Tong 1862: VI.55

Confidence:
Intermediate