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Example 11-34
Hou yu gwain hevn an noh hav wing fa flai?
Hou
how
yu
2sg
gwain
go.
prog
hevn
heaven
an
and
no
neg
hav
have
wing
wing
fa
for
flai?
fly
How are you going to heaven even though you don’t have wings to fly?
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Kuos Riijan Stuoriz II
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Interrogative pronouns: All simple words
Suppletion according to tense and aspect: Strong suppletion according to tense only
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