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Example 47-13
e palabra difisilnan/ e palabranan difisil
e
def
palabra
word
difisil
difficult
nan/
pl
e
def
palabra
word
nan
pl
difisil
difficult
the difficult words
Comment:
Muller's (1989) discussion suggests that the second case is interpreted as refering to the difficult words out of a larger set, whereas the first case is interpreted as refering to the entire set. The translation is mine.
Type:
published source
Source:
Muller 1989
: 73
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adjective and noun: Modifying adjective follows noun
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