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Language:
Haitian Creole
Parameter:
Predicative adjectives
References
DeGraff 2007
: 104
Examples
Elifèt malad.
Elifèt
Elifèt
malad.
sick
Elifèt is sick.
French:
Elifèt est malade.
See
DeGraff 2007
: 104
Tout je l wouj paske li an kolè.
Tout
every
je
eye
l
3sg
.
poss
wouj
red
paske
because
li
3sg
an
in
kolè.
anger
Her/His eyes are bloodshot because she/he is furious.
French:
Ses yeux sont rouges parce qu'elle/il est en colère.
See
Valdman et al. (eds.) 2007
: 766
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