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Predicative noun phrases
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Invariant copula
Example 30-158:
Maria
ê
kantadera.
Maria
Mary
ê
be
kanta-dera.
sing-er.
f
Mary is a singer.
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Example 30-159:
[...] tudu kel ténpu si almusu
éra
mandióka kru [...].
[...]
[...]
tudu
all
kel=ténpu
dem
.
sg
=time
si=almusu
3sg
.
poss
=lunch
éra
be.
ant
mandióka
manioc
kru
raw
[...].
[...]
[...] the whole time his lunch consisted of raw manioc [...].
German:
[...] diese ganze Zeit über bestand sein Mittagessen aus rohem Maniok [...].
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 35
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Feature:
Predicative noun phrases
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
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