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Example 5-55
sins wen mii na bin baarn yeet, mamii in bai
da
mashiin
sins
since
wen
when
mii
I
na
not
bin
pst
baarn
born
yeet,
yet
mamii
mommy
in
pst
bai
buy
da
dist
.
dem
mashiin
machine
Even before I was born Mummy bought that machine.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 132, line 266
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Co-occurrence of demonstrative and definite article: No co-occurrence
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
Position of standard negation: Before the verb
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