Example 49-132

Si moun nan te konn paran w, li pa t ap janm di w betiz.
Si
if
moun
person
nan
def
te
ant
konn
know
paran
parents
w,
2sg
li
3sg
pa
neg
t
ant
ap
inacc
janm
never
di
say
w
2sg
betiz.
nonsense
If the person knew your parents, he/she would have never told you nonsense.
French: Si la personne connaissait tes parents, elle ne t'aurait jamais dit des bêtises.
Comment:
The example has been adapted from the Atlas linguistique d’Haïti (Fattier 1998) on the basis of personal knowledge.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998: vol 4, p. 345