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Value Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Language:
Haitian Creole
Parameter:
Indefinite articles
References
Dejean 1980
: 198
Examples
en/in/on/yon - premye
en/in/on/yon
one
-
-
premye
first
one - first
French:
un - premier
See
Fattier 1998
: 842
yon
moun,
de
chen
yon
one
moun,
person
de
two
chen
dogs
one person, two dogs
French:
une personne, deux chiens
M gen
yon
zanmi ki malad.
M
1sg
gen
have
yon
indf
zanmi
friend
ki
rel
malad.
sick
I have a friend who is sick.
French:
J'ai un ami qui est malade.
See
Fattier 1998
: vol. 2,p. 842
M pran
youn
ladan yo.
M
1sg
pran
take
youn
one
ladan
in
yo.
def
.
3pl
I took one of them.
French:
J’ai pris un dedans eux. OR: J'ai pris l'un d'eux.
See
Fattier 1998
: vol. 2, p. 843
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