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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Nominal and verbal conjunction
References
Lang et al. 2012
Examples
Ténpu éra di grándi nisisidádi
y
trabádju ka tenba na bera.
Ténpu
time
éra
be.
ant
di=grándi
of=great
nisisidádi
need
y
and
trabádju
employment
ka=ten-ba
not=have-
ant
na=bera.
in=region
It was a time of great need(iness) and there was a lack of employment in the region.
German:
Es war eine Zeit von großer Not und es gab keine Arbeit in der Gegend.
See
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. y
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
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