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Example 9-139
Di djadj n̩ di dakta da gud fren.
Di
the
djadj
judge
n̩
and
di
the
dakta
doctor
da
cop
.
nom
gud
good
fren.
friend
The judge and the doctor were good friends.
Comment:
da
is also used as a topicalizer.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1992
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative noun phrases: Invariant copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Differentiation
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