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Example 30-241
N kre ránja un katxor
,
más N kre
mátxu,
purki
fémia
ta traze más katxor pa li.
N=kre
1sg
=want
ránja
get
un=katxor,
a=dog
más
but
N=kre
1sg
=want
mátxu,
male
purki
because
fémia
female
ta=traze
ipfv
=attract
más
more
katxor
dog
pa=li.
to=here
I want to get myself a dog, but I want a male (dog), because a female (dog) would attract other dogs.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. mátxu
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Female and male animals: Postposed sex-denoting word
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