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Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases
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Example 55-133:
Pyer en profeser
Pyer
Pyer
en
indf
profeser
schoolteacher
Pierre is a schoolteacher.
Example 55-134:
Pyer lekol
Pyer
Pyer
lekol
school
Pierre is in/at (the) school.
Example 55-135:
so frer ti en profeser
so
poss
frer
brother
ti
pst
en
indf
profeser
teacher
His brother was a teacher.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Language:
Mauritian Creole
Feature:
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases
Source:
Baker 2003
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