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Value Numeral follows noun
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Order of cardinal numeral and noun
References
Angelo et al. 1998
Examples
Tubala bin goawei na, kenggaru tubala.
Tubala
3du
bin
pst
goawei
go_away
na,
now
kenggaru
kangaroo
tubala.
two
The two went away then, the two kangaroos.
Olman Dadi bin tok la im, G. tubala [...].
Olman
old.man
Dadi
Daddy
bin
pst
tok
talk
la
loc
im,
3sg
G.
G.
tubala
two
[...].
[...]
The old man, Daddy, said to him, [to] G. and the other one [...].
Thad wanim na, jei gula dubala, Y. en J. [...] J. dubala.
Thad
dem
wanim
what's.it
na,
now
jei
3pl
gula
call
dubala,
3du
Y.
Y.
en
and
J.
J.
[...]
[...]
J.
J.
dubala.
two
What's-their-name, they call the two, Y. and J., [...] J. and his brother.
See
Angelo et al. 1998
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