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Example 45-91
Con un gente no mas ta sospecha el mga pulis.
Con
obj
un
one
gente
person
no
neg
mas
more
ta
ipfv
sospecha
suspect
el
def
mga
pl
pulis.
police
The policemen suspect only one person.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Escalante 2005
: 171
Language:
Cavite Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Marking of patient noun phrases: Only animate patient NPs are marked
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