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Value Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Language:
Papiamentu
Parameter:
Indefinite articles
References
Kester and Schmitt 2007
Examples
[...] i durante algun minüt a reina
un
silensio.
[...]
[...]
i
and
durante
during
algun
some
minüt
minute
a
pfv
reina
reign
un
indf
silensio.
silence
[...] and for several minutes, there was silence.
See
Maduro 1971
: 15
un, dos, tres, kwater, sinku, seis, shete, ocho, nwebe, dies
un,
one
dos,
two
tres,
three
kwater,
four
sinku,
five
seis,
six
shete,
seven
ocho,
eight
nwebe,
nine
dies
ten
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
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