Datapoint Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago/Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase

Values

Indefinite article is preposed

Example 30-20:
Éra un bes un mudjer la di fóra ki tenba un úniku fidju mátxu.
Éra
be.ant
un=bes
art.indf.sg=time
un=mudjer
art.indf.sg=woman
la
there
di=fóra
of=out
ki
comp
ten-ba
have-ant
un=úniku
art.indf.sg=single
fidju
son
mátxu.
male
There was once a woman from outside [from the interior of the island, not from the capital], who had one single son.
German: Es war einmal eine Frau von dort draußen [vom Innern der Insel, nicht von der Hauptstadt], die einen einzigen Sohn hatte.

Source: da Silva 1987: 41

Confidence:
Very certain