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Example 53-300
Ena deu kalite biskwi. Ena enn ki epe, enna enn ki mens.
Ena
there.are
deu
two
kalite
kind
biskwi.
biscuit
Ena
there.is
enn
one
ki
rel
epe,
thick
enna
there.is
enn
one
ki
rel
mens.
thin
There are two kinds of biscuit. There's one that is thick, there's one that is thin.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 307
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Overlap
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