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Example 31-12
un merkanu ki ten
kel
loja grandi-la
un
an
merkanu
American
ki
who
ten
has
kel
dem
loja
shop
grandi-la
big-there
an American that has that big shop
Comment:
Kel
is the distal demonstrative.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
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