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Value Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Indefinite articles
References
Lang et al. 2012
Examples
Más N ten ki buska
un
pesoa ta koba.
Más
but
N=ten
I=have
ki=buska
that=search
un=pesoa
a=person
ta=koba.
ipfv
=dig
But I need to look for someone to dig (for me).
See
Baptista 2002
: 25
Góra, nhu ta kume
uns
banána, pa nhu ndoxa bóka.
Góra,
now
nhu=ta=kume
2sg
.
pol
.
m
=
ipfv
=eat
uns=banána,
art
.
indf
.
pl
=banana
pa=nhu=ndoxa
for=
2sg
.
pol
.
m
=sweeten
bóka.
mouth
Now eat some bananas, so that you get a sweet mouth.
See
da Silva 1987
: 55
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