Datapoint Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago/Order of relative clause and noun

Values

Relative clause follows noun

Example 30-13:
[...], e txoma Iáni ki ka kudi.
[...],
[...]
e=txoma
3sg=call
Iáni
Iáni
ki=ka=kudi.
comp=neg=answer
[...], she called for Iáni, who didn't answer.
German: [...], sie rief nach Iáni, der nicht antwortete.

Source: da Silva 1987: 48

Example 30-14:
Gomis labánta, e buska si jéru k'el ka átxa.
Gomis
Gomis
labánta,
get.up
e=buska
3sg=search
si=jéru
3sg.poss=son.in.law
k=el=ka=átxa.
comp=3sg=neg=find
Gomis stood up and looked for his son-in-law, whom he didn't find.
German: Gomis stand auf und suchte seinen Schwiegersohn, den er nicht fand.

Source: da Silva 1987: 48

Example 30-15:
Mudjer tinha se madrinha, k'éra un mudjer ki mudjer tinha mutu amizádi ku el.
Mudjer
woman
tinha
have.ant
se=madrinha,
3sg.poss=godmother
k=éra
comp=be.ant
un=mudjer
art.indf=woman
ki=mudjer
comp=woman
tinha
have.ant
mutu
much
amizádi
friendship
ku=el.
with=3sg
The woman had a godmother, who was a woman that the woman was good friends with.
German: Die Frau hatte ihre Patentante, die eine Frau war, mit der die Frau eng befreundet war.

Source: da Silva 1987: 172

Confidence:
Very certain