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Example 54-152
Lavé zis patat ansanm dé trwa pyé kann.
Lave
pst
.
exist
zis
only
patat
sweet.potatoes
ansanm
with
detrwa
some
pye
plant
kann.
sugar.cane.
There were only sweet potatoes and some sugar cane plants.
French:
Il n'y avait que des patates et quelques cannes à sucre.
Comment:
This represents an example of nominal conjunction with
ansanm
(variant
sanm
).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Chaudenson 1974
: 378
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative: Overlap
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