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Example 26-27
sambaɾi
waz ɹaɪd dɛa
sambaɾi
indf
waz
was
ɹaɪd
right
dɛa
there
Somebody was right there.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 72
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Suppletion according to tense and aspect: Strong suppletion according to tense only
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