Pero we à kan mit dis man, we wì bìgín bɔn ìn yon pìkín dɛ̀n.
Pero
but
we
subord
à
1sg.sbj
kan
pfv
mit
meet
dis
this
man,
man
we
subord
wì
1pl
bìgín
begin
bɔn
give.birth
ìn
3sg.poss
yon
own
pìkín
child
dɛ̀n.
pl
But then/when I met this man, and then we began to have his own children.
Comment:
The expression of time relations introduced by the general subordinator we [SUB] is often indistinguishable from the function of we to introduce sequences of coordinate clauses. Together with juxtaposition this is the most common way of coordinating clauses. The subordinator is only employed for clausal coordination.