Example 2-285

Ma fosi, yu ben abi wan wan sma di o du a sani dati, ma te yu meki a tyuri now, dan a bigi sma kan teki yu gewoon dan a fon yu.
Ma
but
fosi,
before
yu
2sg
ben
ant
abi
have
wan
a
wan
a
sma
person
di
who
o
fut
du
do
a
the
sani
thing
dati,
that
ma
but
te
if
yu
2sg
meki
make
a
the
tyuri
"smack!"
now,
now
dan
then
a
the
bigi
old
sma
person
kan
can
teki
take
yu
2sg
gewoon
just
dan
then
a
3sg
fon
beat
yu.
2sg
But before, you had a few people who did that, but if you made the "sucking_sound_with_your_lips" now then the older person would just take you and give you a beating.
Comment:
One type of click sound is SUCK TEETH, used throughout the Caribbean to express a variety of affective meanings ranging from annoyance to exasperation to insult. Gewoon is taken from Dutch.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford data, Tape 45A