Example 49-55

Li kouri dèyè makout yo.
Li
3sg
kouri
run
dèyè
after
makout
macoute
yo.
def.3pl
He ran after the brutes.
French: Il a couru après les brutes.
Comment:
No explicit definite article la/a/an/nan/lan is used in this example. A makout is a "thug that served as militia during the Duvalier regime" (Valdman 2007).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
DeGraff 2007: 117