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Example 30-31
Nton, es munta na kabálu,
el
[Bránka Flor] ku Djuzé,
es
tudu dos [...].
Nton,
Then
es=munta
3pl
.
dep
=mount
na=kabálu,
in=horse
el
3sg
.
indp
ku=Djuzé,
with=Joseph
es
3pl
.
indp
tudu
all
dos
two
[...].
[...]
Then they mounted the horse, she (Bránka Flor) and Joseph, both of them [...].
German:
Da bestiegen sie das Pferd, sie (Bránka Flor) und Josef, sie alle beide [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 102
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: In 2nd person but not in 3rd person
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