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Example 27-31
Di difman sini a kuri stā sin hus mi sin jit. Di noli a hōpō
di
dō.
Di
det
difman
thief
sini
3pl
a
pst
kuri
run
stā
leave
sin
3pl
hus
house
mi
with
sin
3pl
jit.
food
Di
det
noli
donkey
a
pst
hōpō
open
di
det
dō.
door
The thieves ran away from their house and their food. The donkey opened the door.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 16
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: Definite article identical to a demonstrative
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