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Example 30-6
Mudjer tenba un
katxorinhu bunitu
, [...].
Mudjer
woman
ten-ba
have-
ant
un=katxor-inhu
art
.
indf
=dog-
dim
bunitu,
nice
[...].
[...]
The woman had a nice little dog, [...].
German:
Die Frau hatte ein hübsches Hündchen, [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 41
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective follows noun
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