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Example 30-9
un bédju póbri
un=bédju
art
.
indf
=old
póbri
poor
a poor old man
Comment:
noun-adjective: poor since without money
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective follows noun
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