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Example 30-16
Mai di si maridu
kontenti
ku el
txeu
, [...].
Mai
mother
di=si=maridu
of=her=husband
kontenti
satisfied
ku=el
with=
3sg
txeu,
very
[...].
[...]
Her husband's mother was very satified with her, [...].
German:
Die Mutter ihres Mannes war sehr zufrieden mit ihr, [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 41
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Order of possessor and possessum: Possessum-possessor
Order of degree word and adjective: Degree word follows adjective
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