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Example 54-174
Pask si la poin de sel, lé plat.
Pask
because
si
if
la
exist
pwen
neg
dë
PARTITIVE
sel,
salt
le
cop
.
prs
plat.
tasteless
Because if there is no salt, it is tasteless.
Canadian French:
Parce que, s'il n'y a point de sel, c'est fade.
Comment:
The variant
la
is less frequent than
nana
and
na
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 14
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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