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Value No adjective agrees with the noun
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives
References
Hudson 1985
;
Munro 2004
: 113
Examples
Dijan
bin oldei killim
bigwan goana
gibit langa im na.
Dijan
prox
:
adj
bin
pst
oldei
always
kill-im
kill-
tr
big-wan
big-
adj
goana
goanna
gib-it
give-
tr
langa
loc
im
3sg
na.
now
This one always killed big goannas and gave them to her then.
Olabat bigbala yem.
Olabat
3pl
big-bala
big-
adj2
yem.
yam
They are big yams.
See
Sandefur 1979
: 123
Imin dalim ola lilwanlilwan kokiroj.
Im=in
3s
=
pst
dal-im
tell-
tr
ola
all
lilwan~lilwan
red
.little:
adj
kokiroj.
cockroach
It told the little cockroaches.
See
Bennett 1986
: 3
Thei bin bayimbat ola
nyuwannyuwan modiga
na. Yu luk olkain
modiga nyuwannyuwan
la B.
Thei
3pl
bin
pst
bay-im-bat
buy-
tr
-
prog
ola
pl
nyuwan~nyuwan
red
.new:
adj
modiga
car
na.
now
Yu
2sg
luk
look
olkain
all.kind
modiga
car
nyuwan~nyuwan
red
.new:
adj
la
loc
B.
B.
They bought new cars then. You look at all the cars that are new at B. (place name)
See
Angelo et al. 1998
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