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Example 54-68
Papang
i manz tèktèk
Papang
papang
i
fin
manz
eat
tektek.
tektek
Big birds eat small birds.
French:
La papangue mange le tectec (le gros a toujours raison du petit).
Comment:
The example is a proverb. The
papang
(Circus maillardi) is a big bird of prey, the
tektek
(Saxicola borbonensis) is a small bird.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Chaudenson 1974
: 312
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare singular noun phrase in languages with definite article
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