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Example 12-154
[...] my two daughters been in it, they say if
it raining
and you marching, you can't stop, you know. You have to march in the rain.
[...]
[...]
if
if
it
expl
raining
rain.
prog
and
and
you
2sg
.
sbj
marching,
march.
prog
you
2sg
.
sbj
can't
can.
neg
stop
stop
[...].
[...]
[...] if it rains and you march [in a parade], you can’t stop [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Raining constructions: It rains
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