Example 32-19

El, bosê
El,
3sg
bosê
2sg.polite
he/she/it, you (polite)
Portuguese: ele/ela, senhor/senhora
Comment:
Contrary to the Sotavento varieties of Cape Verdean Creole, which show gender distinction in polite second person singular pronouns (nho or anho [2SG.M] ‘you’ vs. nha or anha [2SG.F] ‘you’), only one form exists in the São Vicente variety, i.e. bosê [2SG.polite] 'you'.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012