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Example 11-41
Ai aalwiez disaid dat di wan dat waan tu stodi an waan bii
sombadi
kyan get dat.
Ai
1sg
aalwiez
always
disaid
decide
dat
comp
di
art
.
def
wan
one
dat
rel
waan
want
tu
comp
stodi
study
an
and
waan
fut
bii
cop
.
inf
som-badi
some-body
kyan
can
get
get
dat.
dem
I decided a long time ago that the one who wants to study and is going to be somebody can get the money.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
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