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Example 30-155
Éra un bes un ómi
ku
si mudjer.
Era
be.
ant
un=bes
art
.
indf
=time
un=ómi
art
.
indf
=man
ku=si=mudjer.
with=
3sg
.
poss
=woman
Once upon a time there were a man and his wife.
German:
Es waren [einmal] ein Mann und seine Frau.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 27
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative: Identity
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