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Example 39-18
ũ makak tiŋ i ũ crocodile.
ũ
one
makak
monkey
t-iŋ
exist
-
pst
i
and
ũ
one
<crocodile>.
crocodile
[Once upon a time], there was a monkey and a crocodile.
Comment:
Crocodile
is taken from English.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 225
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Order of cardinal numeral and noun: Numeral precedes noun
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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