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Example 12-127
They mus'e is
be
way to bottom of the sea, hey, the jellyfish.
They
3pl
.
sbj
mus'e
adv
is
hab
be
cop
.
inf
way
way
to
to
bottom
bottom
of
of
the
the
sea
sea
[...].
[...]
They must live way down there at the bottom of the sea [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Suppletion according to tense and aspect: Strong suppletion according to tense only
Vocative markers: Optional vocative marker preceding noun
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