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Example 54-33
Mon garson, i di, ou i em byin mon fiy?
Mon
1sg
.
poss
garson,
boy
i
fin
di,
say
ou
2sg
i
fin
em
love
byen
well
mon
1sg
.
poss
fiy?
daughter
Young man, he says, do you love my daughter?
French:
Mon garçon, dit-il, tu aimes (bien) ma fille?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 56
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: No pronominal politeness distinction
Polar questions: Only interrogative intonation
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