Datapoint Seychelles Creole/Order of adjective and noun

There is only a small set of high frequency adjectives which precede the noun (see Bollée 1977: 42ff.); otherwise the adjective follows the noun.

Values

Modifying adjective precedes noun Frequency: 50.0%

Example 56-12:
bann zenn fiy
bann
pl
zenn
young
fiy
girl
young girls

Source: Michaelis 1994: 182

Example 56-13:
La i en gran landrwa.
La
there
i
pm
en
a
gran
big
landrwa.
space
There was a big space.

Source: Michaelis 1994: 182

Example 56-16:
en zoli fiy, en zoli garson
en
indf.art
zoli
beautiful
fiy,
girl
en
indf.art
zoli
handsome
garson
boy
a beautiful girl, a handsome boy
Confidence:
Very certain

Modifying adjective follows noun Frequency: 50.0%

Example 56-14:
aswar ek lalin kler
aswar
in.the.evening
ek
with
lalin
moon
kler
bright
in the evening(s) with the bright moon

Source: Michaelis 1994: 182

Example 56-15:
Ou met dilo so.
Ou
2sg
met
put
dilo
water
so.
hot
You put hot water [into it].

Source: Michaelis 1994: 184

Example 56-17:
I met en semiz rouz.
I
3sg
met
wear
en
indf
semiz
shirt
rouz.
red
He wears a red shirt.
Confidence:
Very certain