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Example 49-87
Rat manje kann, e zandolit mouri inosan.
Rat
rat
manje
eat
kann,
cane
e
and
zandolit
lizard
mouri
die
inosan.
innocent
The rat ate sugar cane and the innocent lizard died from it.
French:
Le rat a mangé de la canne à sucre et c'est le lézard innocent qui en meurt.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Hilaire 1988
: 35
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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