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Example 25-72
Wanbala men bin godan.
Wan-bala
one-
adj2
men
man
bin
pst
go-dan.
go-down
One man went down. OR: A certain man went down.
Comment:
Variety: Roper River. This example illustrates the numeral
wanbala
'one' which can also be used as a specific indefinite article. The first interpretation is more likely in everyday conversation, the latter in a story context.
Type:
unknown
Source:
Sandefur 1979
: 104
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Sortal numeral classifiers: The language has no numeral classifiers
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Neutral alignment
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