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Example 9-60
Krab
waak onda wata [...]
krab
dey kud kros riyf.
Krab
crab
waak
walk
onda
under
wata
water
[...]
[...]
krab
crab
dey
3pl
kud
can
kros
cross
riyf.
reef
Crabs walk under the water [...] crabs, they can cross the reef.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1992
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Bare plural noun phrase in languages with definite article
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