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Example 48-13
Bo e goddo rimá.
Bo
you.
sg
e
be
goddo
fat
rimá.
too.much
You are too fat.
Spanish:
Vos es (ser) gorda demasiado.
Comment:
Especially younger generation speakers tend to give preference to the prenominal (and more superstrate-like)
demasiao
, as in
bo e demasiao goddo
, in which case the degree word precedes the noun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
cite
Datapoints:
Order of degree word and adjective: Degree word follows adjective
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