Example 28-170

o glof bi di tau kán bitjo
o
3sg
glofu
believe
bi
say
di
the
tau
snake
kán
cannot
biti
bite
o
3sg
He believed that the snake couldn't bite him.
Comment:
Kán 'cannot' represents a Creolese intrusion; see Kouwenberg (2000) for discussion.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994: 604