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Indefinite articles
The indefinite article is un.
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Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Example 32-40:
N ten
un
pork so.
N
1sg
ten
have
un
one
pork
pig
so.
only
I have only one pig.
Portuguese:
Tenho um porco só.
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Example 32-41:
Es fazê
un
tank li.
Es
3pl
fazê
make
un
art
.
indf
tank
water.deposit
li.
here
They built a water deposit here.
Portuguese:
Construiram um tanque aqui.
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
Feature:
Indefinite articles
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
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