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Example 44-59
Tyéni yo tres kobéta, úna na arríba, úna na báho [...].
Tyéni
have
yo
1sg
tres
three
kobéta,
pail
úna
one
na
loc
arríba,
up
úna
one
na
loc
báho
down
[...].
[...]
I have three toilets, one upstairs, one downstairs [...].
Comment:
The use of
un
as the indefinite article is more common.
Una
is commonly used as a numeral.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Sippola 2006
: 45
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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