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Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
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Going to named places
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No adpositional/case marking Frequency: 70.0%
Example 30-175:
Papá bá otu bes Purtugal ónti.
Papá
dad
bá
go
otu
other
bes
time
Purtugal
Portugal
ónti.
yesterday
Yesterday, dad went to Portugal once more.
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. bá
Confidence:
Very certain
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Preposition Frequency: 30.0%
Example 30-176:
N ta bá
pa
Káuberdi entri Ánu Nóbu ku Páskua.
N=ta=bá
1sg
=
ipfv
=go
pa=Káuberdi
to=Cape.Verde
entri
between
Ánu
Year
Nóbu
New
ku=Páskua.
with=Easter
I will go the Cape Verde between New Year and Easter.
German:
Ich werde zwischen Neujahr und Ostern nach Kapverde gehen.
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. entri
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Feature:
Going to named places
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. bá
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