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Example 30-91
Minina ku bexóna ê ka bunit
u
pa europeu.
minina
girl
ku=bexóna
with=thick.lip
ê
be
ka
neg
bunitu
pretty
pa=europeu
for=European.
Europeans are not fond of thick-lipped girls.
German:
Europäer finden Mädchen mit dicken Lippen nicht schön.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. bexóna
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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