Datapoint Hawai‘i Creole/Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives

Values

Different forms

Example 26-40:
aɪ stɛ tiŋkiŋ ɔv dæt wan
aɪ
1sg
stɛ
ipfv
tiŋk-iŋ
think-prog
ɔv
of
dæt
dem
wan
one
I'll be thinking of that one. OR: I'm thinking of that one.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 23

Example 26-41:
aɪ stio stɛ tiŋkiŋ ɔv dæd kwɛʃʧɛn
aɪ
1sg
stio
still
stɛ
ipfv
tiŋk-iŋ
think-prog
ɔv
of
dæd
dem
kwɛʃʧɛn
question
I'm still thinking of that question.
Example 26-42:
ma aŋko waz ɹaɪd ɔntɔp hiʒ bæk swimin wid diʃ ʃak
ma
1sg.poss
aŋko
uncle
waz
was
raɪd
right
ɔntɔp
on.top
hiʒ
3sg.poss
bæk
back
swim-in
swim-prog
wid
with
diʃ
dem
ʃak
shark
My uncle was right on top of its back, swimming with this shark.

Source: Velupillai 2003: 166

Confidence:
Very certain