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Example 49-16
Malerèz la prete lajan nan men moun.
Malerèz
poor
la
def
prete
borrow
lajan
money
nan
in
men
hand
moun.
person
The poor person has borrowed money from somebody.
French:
Le/La pauvre a emprunté de l'argent à quelqu'un.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Dejean 1982
: 14
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Position of definite article in the noun phrase: Definite article is postposed
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