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Example 54-149
Lontan té i fé
èk
sak trésé an vakoi.
Lontan
in.the.past
te-i
pst
-
fin
fe
do
ek
with
sak
bag
trese
woven
an
of
vakwa.
vacoa
In the past it was done with a bag made of vacoa (screw pine, Pandanus utilis).
French:
Autrefois c'etait fait avec un sac tressé de vacoa (Pandanus utilis).
Comment:
Ek
functions as an instrumental marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cellier 1982
: 52
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Comitatives and instrumentals: Overlap
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