Example 12-63

Them days, when I was small, we want work. In these day - them days, these - they - they don't want work.
Them
dem
days
day.pl
[...]
[...]
we
1pl.sbj
want
want
work.
work
In
in
these
dem
day,
day[pl]
them
dem
days,
day.pl
these,
dem
they,
3pl.sbj
they
3pl.sbj
don't
neg
want
want
work.
work
In those days, [when I was small,] we wanted to work. These days, today [...] no one wants to work.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own sociolinguistic interviews