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Value Singular noun phrase with definite article
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Generic noun phrases in subject function
Examples
isti ingrees miziiɲa dika isti fɛɛvrispa malvaarsu miziiɲa mee boom falaatu takombersaa
isti
this
[ingrees
[English
miziiɲa
medicine
dika
than
isti
this
fɛɛvri-s-pa
fever-
pl
-
dat
malvaar-su
Tamil-
gen
miziiɲa
medicine
mee
foc
boom
good
falaa-tu]
quot
-
pfv
]
ta-kombersaa
prs
-talk
They say that for fevers, Tamil medicine (Ayurvedic medicine) is better than English (Western) medicine.
See
Smith 1974-5
: 5345
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