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Value Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Language:
Palenquero
Parameter:
Indefinite articles
References
de Friedemann and Patiño Rosselli 1983
: 140
;
Schwegler 2007
: N/A
Examples
É un kusa muy impottante.
É
be
un
art
.
indf
.
sg
kusa
thing
muy
very
impottante.
important
It is a very important thing/matter.
Spanish:
Es una cosa muy importante.
See
Schwegler and Green 2007
: 292,note 20
un ma kusa
un
indf
.
art
ma
pl
kusa
thing
some things
Spanish:
unas cosas
¡Ele e un muhé!
¡Ele
3sg
e
be
un
art
.
indf
.
sg
muhé!
woman
She is a woman (rather than a man)!
Spanish:
¡Ella es una mujer!
un buen lato
un
art
.
indf
.
sg
buen
good
lato
while
a good while = for some time, for a while
Spanish:
un buen rato
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