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Example 25-68
Im hanggri bla shuga
brabli!
Im
3sg
hanggri
hungry
bla
dat
/
poss
shuga
sugar
brabli!
very
He [is/was] very hungry for sugar!
Comment:
Variety: Katherine. This example illustrates a degree word separated from the adjective which it modifies.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Angelo et al. 1998
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Order of degree word and adjective: Degree word follows adjective
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