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Example 75-117
IIa la laang blaan wiiyaahkushiw.
IIa
3.have
la
def
.
art
.
f
.
sg
laang
tongue
blaan
white
wiiy-aahkushi-w
fut
-be.ill-3
There's a white coating on his tongue, he will be ill.
Comment:
The adjective is in the form that would be masculine in French; in Michif it is both masculine and feminine. The nominalized form
blansh
is used for white women.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Laverdure and Allard 1983
: 64
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives: Many adjectives agree with the noun
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