Value Identity

Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative
References
Lang et al. 2012

Examples

  1. E bá Práia ku si pai.
    E=bá
    3sg=go
    Práia
    Praia
    ku=si=pai.
    with=3sg.poss=father
    He went to Praia with his father.

    See Lang et al. 2012

  2. Obi li, mi ku Djonsinhu li nu tene un grándi prubléma.
    Obi
    hear
    li,
    here
    mi
    1sg
    ku=Djonsinhu
    with=little.John
    li
    here
    nu=tene
    1pl=have
    un=grándi
    a=big
    prubléma.
    problem
    Listen, I and Little John, we have a big problem.
    German: Hör mal, ich und Hänschen, wir haben da ein großes Problem.

    See Brüser et al. 2002: s.v. ku

  3. Éra un bes un ómi ku si mudjer.
    Era
    be.ant
    un=bes
    art.indf=time
    un=ómi
    art.indf=man
    ku=si=mudjer.
    with=3sg.poss=woman
    Once upon a time there were a man and his wife.
    German: Es waren [einmal] ein Mann und seine Frau.

    See da Silva 1987: 27