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Value Preposed sex-denoting word
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Female and male animals
Examples
Wen di monki komin bak fram di shap, ih si wan shii monki an ih get in lov [...].
Wen
when
di
art
.
def
monki
monkey
kom-in
come-
prog
bak
back
fram
from
di
art
.
def
shap,
shop
ih
3sg
si
see
wan
art
.
indf
shii
3sg
.
f
monki
monkey
an
and
ih
3sg
get
get
in
in
lov
love
[...].
[...]
When the (male) monkey was coming back from the shop, he saw a female monkey and he fell in love with her [...].
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