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Language:
Batavia Creole (Tugu)
Parameter:
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases
References
Philippe 2011
: 66ff.
Examples
[...] iste duminggu
teng
dia grandi Pengstër.
[...]
[...]
iste
dem
duminggu
Sunday
teng
cop
dia
day
grandi
big
Pengstër.
Pentecost
[...] next Sunday is a holiday, Pentecost.
See
Philippe 2011
: 66
[...] nos djenti sera.
[...]
[...]
nos
1pl
djenti
people
sera.
countryside
[...] we are people from the countryside.
See
Philippe 2011
: 67
Kampong Tugu ake
ting
pertu bordu mar.
Kampong
village
Tugu
Tugu
ake
dem
ting
cop
pertu
near
bordu
side
mar.
sea
The village of Tugu is near the seaside.
See
Philippe 2011
: 67
Nos sua neli ki
na kadju
[...].
Nos
1pl
sua
poss
neli
rice
ki
rel
na
loc
kadju
house
[...].
[...]
Our rice, which is at home [...].
See
Philippe 2011
: 95
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