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Example 26-38
da
mɛnehunis
kam aʊt naɪtaɪm
da
def
mɛnehuni-s
menehune-
pl
kam
come
aʊt
out
naɪtaɪm
at.night
Menehunes ('little people') come out at night.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork recording
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Generic noun phrases in subject function: Plural noun phrase with definite article
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