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Example 54-162
Pti bef té byin malad ek la gal.
Pti
little
bef
ox
(le)te
cop
.
pst
byen
very
malad
ill
ek
with
la
def
gal.
scab
The calf was very ill with scab.
French:
Le veau (petit boeuf) était très malade avec la gale.
Comment:
The form
te
in the example is a variant of
lete
[COP.PST].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 54
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative adjectives: Invariant copula
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