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Example 53-181
Mé roi là té pa olé.
Mé
but
roi-là
king-
art
.
def
.
sg
té
pst
pa
neg
olé.
want
But the king didn't want to.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Neumann-Holzschuh (eds.) 1987
: 21
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
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