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Example 49-276
Yo kraze machin lan.
Yo
3sg
kraze
demolish
machin
car
lan.
def
They have demolished the car.
French:
Ils/Elles ont démoli la voiture.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
DeGraff 2007
: 112
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Passive without verbal coding
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