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Example 61-22
Buyisa muye spigil.
Buy-isa
bring-
caus
muye
one
spigil.
nail
Bring a nail.
Comment:
Depending on context this can mean 'Bring one nail' or 'Bring a nail'.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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