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Example 31-30
El ben more.
El
3sg
ben
come
more.
die
He died.
Comment:
There is no gender distinction for the third person singular independent pronoun.
El
can stand for 'he/she/it'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: In 2nd person but not in 3rd person
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