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Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives
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No adjective agrees with the noun
Example 10-93:
Di sebn
naaty
gyal, di sebn
naaty
bwai, nat a man kud stand bifoo di sebn hed jiant.
Di
art
.
def
sebn
seven
naaty
naughty
gyal,
girl
di
art
.
def
sebn
seven
naaty
naughty
bwai,
boy
nat
not
a
art
.
indf
man
man
kud
could
stand
stand
bifoo
before
di
art
.
def
sebn
seven
hed
head
jiant.
giant
The seven naughty girls, the seven naughty boys, not a man could stand before the seven headed giant.
Example 10-94:
red flowaz; uol uman; gud naif; big hous
red
red
flowaz;
flower
uol
old
uman;
woman
gud
good
naif;
knife
big
big
hous
house
red flower; old woman; good knife; big house
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Feature:
Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives
Source:
Own knowledge
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