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Indefinite article identical to numeral ‘one’
Example 47-57:
[...] i durante algun minüt a reina
un
silensio.
[...]
[...]
i
and
durante
during
algun
some
minüt
minute
a
pfv
reina
reign
un
indf
silensio.
silence
[...] and for several minutes, there was silence.
Source:
Maduro 1971
: 15
Example 47-58:
un, dos, tres, kwater, sinku, seis, shete, ocho, nwebe, dies
un,
one
dos,
two
tres,
three
kwater,
four
sinku,
five
seis,
six
shete,
seven
ocho,
eight
nwebe,
nine
dies
ten
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Language:
Papiamentu
Feature:
Indefinite articles
Source:
Kester and Schmitt 2007
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