Example 49-91

chat sa yo
chat
cat
sa
dem
yo
pl
these cats
French: ces chats
Comment:
Diatopic variation: There are varieties of Haitian Creole in which the variant pitit la yo [child DEF PL] 'the children' is used instead of the variant pitit yo [child PL] 'the children'. It is noticeable that the form of the demonstrative (pitit sa yo) is strictly parallel.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998: 844