Example 53-82

Blan konm nwa te va pou chèche fonm nwa pou vini kote ye madonm.
Blan
white
konm
and
nwa
black
te
pst
va
go
pou
for
chèche
look.for
fonm
woman
nwa
black
pou
for
vini
come
kote
to
ye
3pl.poss
madonm.
wife
Whites and blacks alike went to get black women (i.e. midwives) to come to their wives (to deliver their children).
Comment:
This example illustrates the basilectal feature of unmarked non-specific plural nouns (animate in this case), not uncommon in the Creole of Pointe Coupee.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003: 177