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Adnominal distributive numerals
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Distributivity marked by reduplication
Example 55-59:
li don en brok dilo
kat kat
dimun
li
3sg
don
give
en
indf
brok
jug
dilo
water
kat
four
kat
four
dimun
person
She gives a jug of water to each group of four people.
Source:
Corne 1999
: 173
Example 55-60:
mo ti don kat saken
mo
1s
ti
pst
don
give
kat
four
saken
each.one
I gave each one four.
Example 55-61:
mo ti don saken kat
mo
1sg
ti
pst
don
give
saken
each.one
kat
four
I gave everyone four.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Language:
Mauritian Creole
Feature:
Adnominal distributive numerals
Source:
Corne 1999
: 173
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