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Example 49-126
Syèl la pi wo ke nway yo.
Syèl
sky
la
def
.
3pl
pi
more
wo
high
ke
than
nway
cloud
yo.
def
.
3pl
The sky is higher than the clouds.
French:
Le ciel est plus haut que les nuages.
Comment:
This example has been taken from the
Atlas linguistique d’Haïti
(Fattier 1998), map 2146, notice 6.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: 937
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Comparative standard marking: Particle marking
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