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Example 20-4
安黎甘文顚拿
[...] only common dinner.
[...]
[...]
only
only
common
common
dinner.
dinner
[...] just an ordinary dinner. OR: [...] but merely an ordinary dinner.
Comment:
The second translation is as given in Tong (1862).
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.74
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective precedes noun
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