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Value No special adjacent distributive numerals
Language:
Haitian Creole
Parameter:
Adnominal distributive numerals
Examples
Nou chak gen youn pou n pran ladan.
Nou
1pl
chak
each
gen
have
youn
one.
num
pou
mod
n
1pl
pran
take
ladan.
inside
Everyone of us must take one of them.
French:
Chacun de nous doit en prendre un dedans.
See
Fattier 1996
: 226
Li voye liv la ba nou chak.
Li
3sg
voye
send
liv
book
la
def
ba
give
nou
1pl
chak.
every
He sent the book to each one of us.
French:
Il a envoyé le livre à chacun d'entre nous.
See
Fattier 1996
: 219
Nou chak te pote twa malèt.
Nou
1pl
chak
every
te
ant
pote
carry
twa
three
malèt.
suitcase
Each one of us carried three suitcases.
French:
Chacun d'entre nous a porté trois valises.
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