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Value Adverb – verb – object
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
References
Lang et al. 2012
Examples
Kunprador
txeu bes
ta kunpra na órta mé.
Kunprador
buyer
txeu
many
bes
time
ta=kunpra
ipfv
=buy
na=órta
in=field
mé.
itself
The customers often buy [the goods] directly from the field.
See
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. mé
Txeu bes
flexa ta tenba venénu n'el, pa máta inimigu más fáxi.
Txeu
many
bes
time
flexa
arrow
ta=ten-ba
ipfv
=have-
ant
venénu
poison
n=el,
in=it
pa=máta
for=kill
inimigu
enemy
más
more
fáxi.
quick
The arrows were often poisoned, in order to kill the enemy faster.
German:
Die Pfeile waren oft vergiftet, um den Feind schneller zu töten.
See
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. flexa
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