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Example 54-20
Alor, in zour lavé in boug, li avé in kamarad ali [...].
Alor,
then
en
indf
zour
day
lave
have.
pst
en
indf
boug,
man
li
3sg
ave
have.
pst
en
indf
kamarad
companion
ali
obl
.
3sg
[...].
[...]
Once upon a time there was a man, he had a companion [...].
French:
Alors, un jour il y avait un homme, il avait un camarade [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 59
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
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