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Example 10-34
Mek Ai tel yu
somting
now.
Mek
make
Ai
1sg
tel
tell
yu
2sg
som-ting
some-thing
now.
now
Let me tell you something now.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bartens 2003
: 63
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
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