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Example 49-211
M koupe vyann nan ak on kouto ki pa file.
M
1sg
koupe
cut
vyann
meat
nan
def
ak
with
on
indf
kouto
knife
ki
rel
pa
neg
file.
sharpen
I cut the meat with an unsharpened knife.
French:
J'ai coupé la viande avec un couteau pas aiguisé.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Dejean 1982
: 55
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Adposition
Subject relative clauses: Relative pronoun
Instrument relative clauses: Instrument meaning is left implicit
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