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Example 31-21
Tinha
un
mudjer lago ki nha mai ten pidiba bokadinhu di kumida.
Tinha
was
un
a
mudjer
woman
lago
there
ki
who
nha
my
mai
mother
ten
had
pidiba
asked
bokadinhu
little
di
of
kumida.
food
There was a woman to whom my mother had asked a little of food.
Comment:
A bare noun is also interpretable as indefinite (see Baptista & Gueron 2007).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
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