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Example 12-223
I was never confirm – in the Anglican, so I got confirm.
I
1sg
.
sbj
was
cop
.
pst
never
never
confirm
confirm
–
in
prep
the
art
Anglican,
Anglican
so
so
I
1sg
.
sbj
got
get.
pst
confirm.
confirm
I had not been confirmed in the Anglican [Church], so I was confirmed [in the Catholic Church].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews
Language:
Bahamian Creole
by
Stephanie Hackert
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Typical passive construction
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