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Example 67-27
Dia sotong tanya
sotong ini
satu kilo berapa?
Dia
3sg
sotong
cuttlefish
tanya
ask
sotong
cuttlefish
ini
dem
satu
one
kilo
kilo
berapa?
how.many/how.much
"The cuttlefish," [I] asked, “How much is a kilo of this cuttlefish?"
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 111
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Position of definite article in the noun phrase: Definite article is postposed
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