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Example 49-119
Li wo men gen pli wo pase l.
Li
3sg
wo
big
men
but
gen
there.is
pli
more
wo
big
pase
surpass
l.
3sg
He/She is tall, but there are taller people than him/her.
French:
Il/Elle est grand(e) mais il y a plus grand(e) que lui/elle.
Comment:
Atlas linguistique d’Haïti
(Fattier 1998, map 2160).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: 943
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Comparative adjective marking: Adjective is marked
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