Example 49-79

gran manchèt plat la yo
gran
big
manchèt
machete
plat
straight
la
def
yo
pl
the big straight machetes
French: les grandes machettes plates
Comment:
This combination DEF + PL is not attested everywhere in Haiti. It is a trace of an older state of the language.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998: 838