Example 20-48

He no like number 1.
He
3sg
no
neg
like
like
number
number
1.
one
He didn't like the first one (his first wife).
Comment:
This example is from the CPE1 corpus (Baker 2003a). It is indicated in the corpus that number 1 refers to 'his first wife'. Number one can also mean 'top quality'.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Loines 1953: 121