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Example 31-65
N ta po
ke
simenti na txon, prontu.
N
I
ta
asp
po
put
ke
the
simenti
seed
na
in
txon,
ground
prontu.
ready
I put the seeds in the ground, that's it.
Comment:
Kel/ke
can be used as a definite determiner and is homophonous with the demonstrative.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Baptista 2002
: 28
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: Definite article identical to a demonstrative
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