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Example 11-281
Iin awa deez, rom nou liigalaiz.
Iin
In
awa
1pl
.
poss
dee-z,
day-
pl
rom
rom
nou
neg
liigalaiz.
legalize
In our days, consuming rum was not well seen.
Comment:
I doubt the narrator is talking about official laws and think he is referring to community norms.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Passive without verbal coding
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