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Example 49-304
Wè l pa wè pitit la, li tonbe endispozisyon.
Wè
see
l
3sg
pa
neg
wè
see
pitit
child
la,
def
li
3sg
tonbe
lose
endispozisyon.
consciousness
Since she doesn't see her son, she loses consciousness.
French:
Ne voyant pas son fils, elle perd connaissance.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Dejean 1982
: 46
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling in temporal clauses: Verb doubling is possible in temporal clauses
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