Value Numeral precedes noun

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Order of cardinal numeral and noun
References
Angelo et al. 1998

Examples

  1. Tubala olmen bin lisen langa tubala na.
    Tubala
    two
    olmen
    men
    bin
    pst
    lisen
    listen
    langa
    loc
    tubala
    3du
    na.
    now
    The two men listened to the two (kangaroos) then.
  2. Teikim Nawurla tu, jet tubala Nangari ken luk ani laik thet from haiwei.
    Teik-im
    take-tr
    Nawurla
    Nawurla
    tu,
    too
    jet
    dem
    tubala
    two
    Nangari
    Nangari
    ken
    can
    luk
    see
    ani
    just
    laik
    like
    thet
    dem
    from
    from
    haiwei.
    highway
    Take Nawurla too, those two, Nangari and her, will be able to see it just like that from the highway. (Context: looking for a particular plant)
  3. Bat au fatha bin telim "na yu kan teikimbek this tu kid".
    Bat
    but
    au
    1pl.poss
    fatha
    father
    bin
    pst
    tel-im
    tell-tr
    "na
    no
    yu
    2sg
    kan
    can.neg
    teik-im-bek
    take-tr-back
    this
    prox
    tu
    two
    kid".
    child
    But our father told him "no you can't take back these two kids".
  4. fo waif
    fo
    four
    waif
    wife
    four wives
  5. Fes yu garra putim detlat faib ting la yu finga [...].
    Fes
    first
    yu
    2sg
    garra
    fut/oblig
    put-im
    put-tr
    det-lat
    dem-pl
    faib
    five
    ting
    thing
    la
    loc
    yu
    2sg
    finga
    finger
    [...].
    [...]
    First you have to put those five things in your hand [...].

    See Hudson 1985: 30

  6. Sambala elikopta bin bajimap lilbit daga, maidi tu, thri deis [...] leita.
    Sam-bala
    some-adj2
    elikopta
    helicopter
    bin
    pst
    bajimap
    bring:tr
    lilbit
    little.bit
    daga,
    food
    maidi
    maybe
    tu,
    two
    thri
    three
    dei-s
    day-pl
    [...]
    [...]
    leita.
    later
    Some helicopters brought a little bit of food, maybe two [or] three days later.

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  7. En ai bin kambek garra det dupala fish la dinakemp.
    En
    and
    ai
    1sg
    bin
    pst
    kam-bek
    come-back
    garra
    com/ins
    det
    dem
    dupala
    two
    fish
    fish
    la
    loc
    dina-kemp.
    dinner-camp
    And I came back with the two fish to the picnic spot.

    See Hudson 1985: 74