Datapoint Sri Lanka Portuguese/Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase
Specificity of a noun may be indicated by a following NP containing the numeral uŋ/uŋa, e.g. um paav uŋa 'a (certain) log'. See also Example 60. (This construction is also used as a partitive, e.g. elisu ooy uŋa 'one of his eyes'.)
Although this looks like N + postposed article, it is better treated as an appositive NP because (a) the numeral "one" is in nominal form, i.e. the form in which it appears as an independent NP (cf. noov graandi uŋa 'a new big one') and (b) the numeral 'one' may also occur within the first NP, as in the first example above.
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Indefinite article is preposed
- Example 41-4:
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avara bosa roostu sudu cummaa um fuumuley teemavaranowbosa2sg.genroostufacesuduallcummaajustumonefuumu=leysmoke=liketeemprs.beNow your whole face just is like a [cloud of] smoke.
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5075
- Example 41-21:
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um buku jaoyaa sara leʈʈar taparsa rɔnalumonebukubookjaa-oyaapst-look.atsaracondleʈʈarletterta-parsaprs-be.visiblerɔnalRonaldIf [I] look at a book, the letters are visible, Ronald.
Source: Smith 1974-5: 5077
- Confidence:
- Very certain