Datapoint Kriol/Gender agreement of adnominal adjectives

As there is no gender marking of any kind in Kriol, there is also no gender agreement.

Values

No adjective agrees with the noun

Example 25-16:
Dijan bin oldei killim bigwan goana gibit langa im na.
Dijan
prox:adj
bin
pst
oldei
always
kill-im
kill-tr
big-wan
big-adj
goana
goanna
gib-it
give-tr
langa
loc
im
3sg
na.
now
This one always killed big goannas and gave them to her then.
Example 25-17:
Olabat bigbala yem.
Olabat
3pl
big-bala
big-adj2
yem.
yam
They are big yams.

Source: Sandefur 1979: 123

Example 25-18:
Imin dalim ola lilwanlilwan kokiroj.
Im=in
3s=pst
dal-im
tell-tr
ola
all
lilwan~lilwan
red.little:adj
kokiroj.
cockroach
It told the little cockroaches.

Source: Bennett 1986: 3

Example 25-22:
Thei bin bayimbat ola nyuwannyuwan modiga na. Yu luk olkain modiga nyuwannyuwan la B.
Thei
3pl
bin
pst
bay-im-bat
buy-tr-prog
ola
pl
nyuwan~nyuwan
red.new:adj
modiga
car
na.
now
Yu
2sg
luk
look
olkain
all.kind
modiga
car
nyuwan~nyuwan
red.new:adj
la
loc
B.
B.
They bought new cars then. You look at all the cars that are new at B. (place name)

Source: Angelo et al. 1998

Confidence:
Very certain