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Value Modifying adjective precedes noun
Language:
Reunion Creole
Parameter:
Order of adjective and noun
References
Chaudenson 2003
: 319
Examples
In bo zour lavé in vyé boug [...].
En
indf
bo
good
zour
day
lave
have.
pst
en
indf
vye
old
boug
man
[...].
[...]
Once upon a time there was an old man [...].
French:
Un beau jour il y avait un vieil homme [...].
See
Barat et al. 1977
: 63
Ou la fé in mové rèv?
Ou
2sg
la
prf
fe
make
en
indf
move
bad
rev?
dream
Have you had a bad dream?
French:
Tu as fait un mauvais rêve?
See
Cellier 1982
: 23
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