Example 1-83

Mastra wan koffi pranasie a habi vyfi ten tien zomma na fili da gron no mosse morre biki liki wan hondert na vyfi ten tien akkers.
Masra
master
wan
indf.sg
kofi
coffee
pranasi
plantation
a
3sg.sbj
abi
have
feifi
five
ten
time
tin
ten
soma
person
na
loc
firi
field
da
det.sg
gron
ground
no
neg
musu
must
moro
more
bigi
big
leki
like
wan
one
hondru
hundred
na
at
feifi
five
ten
time
tin
ten
akkers.
acre
Master, when a coffee plantation has fifty blacks in the field, the land should not be bigger than 150 acres.
Dutch: Meester, een Koffie-Plantagie, die 50 Neegers in het Veld heeft, dan moet het Land niet grooter zyn als 150 Akkers. [op.cit.]
Comment:
This example shows the determiner da in associative context: da gron is definite following wan koffi pranasie.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765: 87