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Example 26-30
if aʊa gɹænmaɾa tol as nokæn
if
if
aʊa
1pl
.
poss
grænmaɾa
grandmother
tol
told
as
1pl
.
obl
no-kæn
proh
if our grandmothers told us we weren't allowed to
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 116
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: No complementizer
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