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Example 30-7
Dipos di fésta kasamentu, es komesa ta fase
bida normal
.
Dipos
after
di=fésta
of=party
kasamentu,
marriage
es=komesa
3pl
=begin
ta=fase
ipfv
=make
bida
life
normal.
normal
After their wedding celebrations they began to lead a normal life.
German:
Nach dem Hochzeitsfest begannen sie ein normales Leben zu führen.
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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