Datapoint Mauritian Creole/Adnominal distributive numerals

Values

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