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Example 26-54
hi waz gɔn bi wæɹin da seɪm sɔɹi ɛkspɹɛʃin
hi
3sg
waz
was
gɔn
fut
bi
be
wæɹ-in
wear-
prog
da
art
seɪm
same
sɔɹi
sorry
ɛkspɹɛʃin
expression
He was going to be wearing the same sorry expression.
Comment:
native speaker poetry
Type:
written (poetic)
Source:
Balaz 1998
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Internal order of tense, aspect, and mood markers: The feature does not apply
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