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Example 31-69
Kel rapas la e ladron, e malandru.
Kel
the
rapas
man
la
there
e
is
ladron,
thief
e
is
malandru.
dishonest
That man is a thief, he is dishonest.
Comment:
Kel/kes
on its own is a demonstrative and the use of the particles
li, la
expresses proximity and distance respectively.
Kel/kes
are homophonous with the definite article.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: Demonstrative identical to definite article
Distance contrasts in demonstratives: Two-way contrast
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