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Example 50-172
Chanm-la ja baléyé.
Chanm-la
room-
def
ja
already
baléyé.
swept.up
The room has already been swept up.
Comment:
The only kind of passive attested in Guadeloupean Creole is a passive with no agent and with no overt marking on the verb. See also Ludwig et al. (2002: 31).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bernabé 2003
: 92
Language:
Guadeloupean Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Passive without verbal coding
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