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Example 11-320
Wi so praud fa dat bikaa nou wi gat lait,
tu.
Wi
1pl
so
so
praud
proud
fa
for
dat
dem
bikaa
because
nou
now
wi
1pl
gat
get
lait,
light
tu.
too
We are so proud of that because now we have electricity, too.
Comment:
Lait
‘light, electricity’ is a calque from Spanish
luz
‘light, electricity’.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: Non-adjacent following
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