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Example 30-69
Makáku
tioxi ka tonba, purki es ê kustumádu ku rótxa.
Makáku
ape
tioxi
never
ka=tonba,
neg
=fall
purki
because
es
3pl
ê
be
kustumádu
familiar
ku=rótxa.
with=rock
Monkeys never fall down because they are used to rocks.
German:
Affen stürzen nie ab, denn sie sind an Felsen gewöhnt.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. tonba
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
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