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Value Demonstrative word precedes noun
Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Order of demonstrative and noun
References
Escure 1983
: 35
Examples
Da bich dɛ bad da bway.
Da
that
bich
bitch
dɛ
there
bad
bad
da
that
bway.
boy
That guy is very good. OR: That son of a bitch, he is good, that boy really is (emphatic sentence).
See
Escure 1993
: 237
Dey luk fu dem kwaat badl.
Dey
they
luk
look
fu
for
dem
them
kwaat
quart
badl.
bottle
They look for those quart bottles.
See
Escure 1983
: 36
sam a dem bway
sam
some
a
of
dem
them
bway
boy
some of these boys
See
Escure 1983
: 36
mos a di ki dem
mos
most
a
of
di
the
ki
caye
dem
those
most of those cayes
See
Escure 1983
: 36
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