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Example 48-31
Malia i yo a bae a kasa.
Malia
Mary
i
and
yo
I
a
pst
bae
go
a
to
kasa.
home
Mary and I have gone home.
Spanish:
María y yo hemos ido a casa.
Comment:
Alternative construction:
Malia ku yo a bae a kasa
lit. 'Mary with I ...' This may have been the traditional way of expressing it, and superstrate pressure may have led to the current preference for the use of
i
rather than
ku
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
cite
Datapoints:
Pronoun conjunction: Singular pronoun overtly conjoined with other conjunct
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