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Order of demonstrative and noun
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Demonstrative word precedes noun
Example 32-7:
Vint y tres d'
es
mes [...].
Vint
twenty
y
and
tres
three
de
of
es
dem
.
sg
mes
month
[...].
[...]
On the twenty-third of this month [...].
Portuguese:
A vinte e três deste mês [...].
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Example 32-156:
Es istória [...] no dá-
l
foi na skóla.
Es
dem
.
pl
istória
story
[...]
[...]
no
1pl
dá-l
give-
3sg
.
res
foi
cop
.
pst
na
in
skóla.
school.
We have studied these stories in school.
Portuguese:
Essas histórias, damo-las foi na escola.
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
Feature:
Order of demonstrative and noun
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
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