Example 54-53

Tout lé mous i rant [...] zot i rant, zot i sor pu.
Tout
all
le
def.pl
mous
bee
i
fin
rant
enter
[...]
[...]
zot
3pl
i
fin
rant,
enter
zot
3pl
i
fin
sor
go.out
pu.
neg.more
All the bees enter [...] they enter, they do not go out any more.
French: Toutes les abeilles entrent [...] elles entrent, elles ne sortent plus.
Comment:
The informant explains how to catch a swarm of bees in a bag made of vakwa leaves. The creole word mous 'bee' is short for mous-a-myel < mouche à miel, the traditional word for 'bee' currently used in Northern France, which was later replaced by abeille.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cellier 1982: 55