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Example 49-134
Entèl t ap vin; se paske i malad i pa vini.
Entèl
so.and.so
t
ant
ap
inacc
vin;
come
se
SE
paske
because
i
3sg
malad
sick
i
3sg
pa
neg
vini.
come
He/She would be welcome; it is because he/she is sick that he/she hasn't come.
French:
Il/Elle serait (bien) venu(e); c'est parce qu'il/elle est malade qu'il/elle n'est pas venu(e).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: 865
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Uses of the progressive marker: Progressive and future
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