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Example 56-145
Be ler
i annan
koudvan zot pa reste lo sa [...] zil?
Be
but
ler
when
i
pm
annan
exist
koudvan
hurrican
zot
3pl
pa
neg
reste
stay
lo
on
sa
dem
[...]
[...]
zil?
island
But when there is a hurricane, they don't stay on the [...] island?
French:
Donc, quand il y a un cyclone, elles ne restent pas là sur cette [...] île?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 196
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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