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Example 49-92
M wè sa a, m pa wè lòt la.
M
1sg
wè
see
sa
dem
a,
sg
m
1sg
pa
neg
wè
see
lòt
other
la.
def
I see that one there, I don't see the other one.
French:
Je vois celui-là, je ne vois pas l'autre.
Comment:
This was said about two pencils of which one is lost. The demonstrative can always be substituted with the 3SG personal pronoun
li
. It is often pronounced [sa:] (with a long [a]) and has the same form as in the adnominal construction.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Dejean 1999
: 92
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Different forms
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