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Example 31-66
El atxa
un
rapas di Brava.
El
he
atxa
find
un
num
/
indf
rapas
young.man
di
from
Brava.
Brava
He met one/a young man from Brava.
Comment:
The numeral 'one' is homophonous with the indefinite article.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
: 25
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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