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Example 26-33
maɪ fadɛ
dɛm
justu go [...] sɛʔ [...] tə˞donɛʔ
maɪ
1sg
.
poss
fadɛ
father
dɛm
ass
justu
pst
.
hab
go
act
[...]
[...]
sɛʔ
set
[...]
[...]
tə˞donɛʔ
turtle.net
My father and his friends / those associated with him used to set turtle nets.
Comment:
HAB = habitual ACT = action marker
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 61
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
The associative plural: Special associative plural marker identical to 3rd plural pronoun
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, only grammatical markers can intervene
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