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Example 12-18
Only mi- o- only - my mother had - one brother what I didn't know -
he
-
he
is -
he
used to say it was three of we.
[...]
[...]
my
my
mother
mother
[...]
[...]
he
3sg
used
hab
.
pst
to
hab
.
pst
say
say
[...]
[...]
[...] my mother [...] she used to say [there were three of us].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: In 3rd person singular only
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