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Example 30-77
Txiga
nóvi
mes mininu ragátxa nega nase.
Txiga
arrive
nóvi
nine
mes
month
mininu
child
ragátxa
be.stubborn
nega
refuse
nase.
be.born
When the ninth month had arrived, the child completely refused to be born.
German:
Als der neunte Monat kam, weigerte sich das Kind rundweg, auf die Welt zu kommen.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. ragátxa
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Ordinal numerals: All ordinal numerals are suppletive
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