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Example 53-46
Me tant parl pa sa ek ye
tou-l-tan.
Me
1sg
.
poss
.
pl
tant
aunt
parl
speak
pa
neg
sa
dem
ek
with
ye
3pl
tou-l-tan.
all-the-time
My aunts don't speak it (i.e. Creole) with them all the time.
French:
Mes tantes ne le (le créole) parlent pas avec eux tout le temps.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 297
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Verb – object – adverb
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