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Example 33-29
Kin ku misti bin? M’misti.
Kin
who
ku
that
misti
want
bin?
come
M-misti.
1sg
.
sbj
-want
Who wants to come? I want to (come).
Portuguese:
Quem quer vir? Eu quero.
Comment:
M-
is a dependent subject pronoun.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: Dependent subject and object forms
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