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Example 44-5
Tyéni un muhér byéha [...].
Tyéni
exist
un
indf
muhér
woman
byéha
old
[...].
[...]
There was an old lady [...].
Comment:
We have past reference from the context.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective follows noun
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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