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Example 71-16
Kela lio oe inaha
akahi eke palani
.
Kela
det
lio
horse
oe
2sg
.
poss
inaha
tear
akahi
indf
eke
sack
palani.
bran
Your horse tore into a sack of bran.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1892
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
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