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Indefinite articles
The indefinite article un can also have a numeral meaning (see Example 66).
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Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Example 46-64:
Ya-lyegá un ómbre na dimiyo kása.
Ya-lyegá
pfv
-arrive
un
a
ómbre
man
na
loc
dimiyo
my
kása.
house
A man came to my house.
Example 46-65:
Tyéne yo kwatro anák, uno ómbre, tres muhér.
Tyéne
have
yo
I
kwatro
four
anák,
children
uno
one
ómbre,
man
tres
three
muhér.
woman
I have four children, one son, three daughters.
Source:
2005
Example 46-66:
Ya-mirá tu un muhér, kwátro ómbre.
Ya-mirá
pfv
-see
tu
you
un
one
muhér,
woman
kwátro
four
ómbre.
men
You saw one woman (and) four men.
Source:
2005
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Zamboanga Chabacano
by
Patrick O. Steinkrüger
cite
Language:
Zamboanga Chabacano
Feature:
Indefinite articles
Source:
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