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Example 5-44
som a
dem
mait kom waan mek - kom in yu shap
som
some
a
of
dem
3pl
mait
might
kom
come
waan
want
mek
make
-
kom
come
in
in
yu
your
shap
shop
Some of them want to make - come in your shop. OR: Some of them might want to come and make - come into your shop.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 180 (line 728)
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Identity
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