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Example 54-29
Bann la i ariv la kaz.
Bannla
3pl
i
fin
ariv
arrive
la
def
kaz.
house.
They arrive at home.
French:
Ils arrivent à la maison.
Comment:
The pronoun
bannla
occurs only in subject function, there is no subject - object opposition as in the case of
zot
-
azot
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cellier 1982
: 89
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns: Syncretism between 2nd and 3rd person
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