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Example 49-82
Piti piti
zwazo
fè nich li.
Piti
little
piti
little
zwazo
bird
fè
make
nich
nest
li.
3sg
.
poss
Little by little, the bird builds its nest.
French:
Petit à petit l'oiseau fait son nid.
Comment:
This is a proverb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: 69
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
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