Value Three-way contrast

Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
Parameter:
Distance contrasts in demonstratives
References
Kihm 1994

Examples

  1. e omi
    e
    this
    omi
    man
    this man
    Portuguese: este homem

    See Kihm 1994: 137

  2. kil omi
    kil
    that
    omi
    man
    that man
    Portuguese: esse homem

    See Kihm 1994: 137

  3. kil omi la
    kil
    that
    omi
    man
    la
    there
    that man (over) there
    Portuguese: aquele homem