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Example 26-8
wɛn wi fə˞s keɪm tu ɾis aɪlɛn
wɛn
when
wi
1pl
fə˞s
first
keɪm
came
tu
to
ɾis
dem
aɪlɛn
island
when we first came to this island
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 85
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Inclusive/exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns: No inclusive/exclusive distinction
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns: No person syncretism
Motion-to and motion-from: Differentiation
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