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Example 30-90
E nho! E, fórti bádju sábi! Mósas so bunit
a
!
E
oh
nho!
2sg
.
pol
.
m
E,
oh
fórti
strong
bádju
ball
sábi!
delicious
Mósa-s
girl-
pl
so
only
bunita!
pretty
Oh man! Oh, what a great dance event! There were only beautiful girls!
German:
Oh Mann! Oh, was für eine tolle Tanzveranstaltung! Nur schöne Mädchen!
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. manera
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives: Only few adjectives agree with the noun
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