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Example 19-50
Mek à pul
wan
smɔl tòrí.
Mek
sbjv
à
1sg
.
sbj
pul
remove
wan
one
smɔl
small
tòrí.
story
Let me tell a small story.
Comment:
The numeral
wan
'one' signals a higher degree of specificity when employed as an indefinite article.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Field data
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article distinct from numeral ‘one’
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