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Example 54-62
Aster le boug i di ali, i di: [...].
Aster
now
lë
def
boug
man
i
fin
di
say
ali,
obl
.
3sg
i
fin
di:
say
[...].
[...]
Now the man says to him, he says: [...].
French:
Maintenant le type lui dit, il dit: [...].
Comment:
Aster
'now' is derived from French
à cette heure
, a regional expression also current in Canadian French.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 61
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: Definite article distinct from demonstratives
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