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Value Verb – object – adverb
Language:
Mauritian Creole
Parameter:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object
Examples
mo mazin mo fam
tultaṁ
mo
1sg
mazin
think.about
mo
my
fam
wife
tultaṁ
all.the.time
I think about my wife all the time.
mo pa met linet
suvaṅ
mo
1s
pa
neg
met
put
linet
glasses
suvaṅ
often
I don't wear glasses often.
See
Kriegel 1996
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