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Example 53-339
Gen èn an dè mounn ki fe tou, k e laboure tou la tè-la.
Gen
have
èn
one
an
or
dè
two
mounn
person
ki
rel
fe
do
tou,
everything
k
rel
e
prog
laboure
plow
tou
all
la
art
.
def
.
sg
tè-la.
land-
art
.
def
.
sg
There are a few people who do everything, who cultivate all of the land.
Comment:
In Pointe Coupee Creole,
k
is a variant of
ki
that occurs before vowels and occasionally before consonants.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 226
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Subject relative clauses: Relative particle and gap
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