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Example 31-68
Piskador
ka ta mexe mon na nada di djenti, pamo
piskador
e konfortadu.
Piskador
fisherman
ka
neg
ta
asp
mexe
touch
mon
hand
na
on
nada
nothing
di
of
djenti,
people
pamo
because
piskador
fisherman
e
is
konfortadu.
content
Fishermen do not steal anything from people because fishermen are content.
Comment:
Generics are generally expressed via singular noun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
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