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Example 54-27
A koz zot i ariv kom sa don? Lontan zot la pa ankor veni voir amoin!
Akoz
why
zot
2pl
i
fin
ariv
arrive
kom
like
sa
that
don?
then
Lontan
long.time
zot
2pl
la
prf
pa
neg
ankor
yet
vëni
come
vwar
see
amwen!
obl
.
1sg
Why do you arrive like that? It has been a long time since you have come to see me!
French:
Pourquoi vous arrivez comme ça donc? Il y a longtemps que vous n'êtes pas venus me voir!
Comment:
Context: a mother addresses her children coming back home unexpectedly.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 31
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns: Syncretism between 2nd and 3rd person
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
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