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Example 56-130
Manrmay i kontan sa.
Manrmay
children
i
pm
kontan
like/love
sa.
that
The children loved it.
French:
Les enfants aimaient ça.
Comment:
The verb
kontan
is not marked for past, because the past reference has already been set by the context.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 142
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘like’: Experiencer is subject
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