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Example 11-71
Aligieta
gou ap tu footiin fiit.
Aligieta
alligator
gou
go
ap
up
tu
to
foo-tiin
four-teen
fiit.
feet
Alligators measure up to fourteen feet.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
Suppletion according to tense and aspect: Strong suppletion according to tense only
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