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Example 26-19
aɪ lav dɔgs
aɪ
1sg
lav
love
dɔg-s
dog-
pl
I love dogs.
Comment:
Ai
is a dependent pronoun [1SG], which looks exactly the same as the independent one (
ai
= 1SG).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 119
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns: No person syncretism
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: No dependent person forms
Expression of nominal plural meaning: Plural suffix
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
Experiencer constructions with ‘like’: Experiencer is subject
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