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Example 26-42
ma aŋko waz ɹaɪd ɔntɔp hiʒ bæk swimin wid diʃ ʃak
ma
1sg
.
poss
aŋko
uncle
waz
was
raɪd
right
ɔntɔp
on.top
hiʒ
3sg
.
poss
bæk
back
swim-in
swim-
prog
wid
with
diʃ
dem
ʃak
shark
My uncle was right on top of its back, swimming with this shark.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 166
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
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