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Example 56-163
Nou nou ganny atake zis lotrozour mersener.
Nou
1pl
nou
1pl
ganny
aux
atake
attack
zis
only
lotrozour
some.days.ago
mersener.
mercenaries
We got/were attacked by mercenaries only some days ago.
French:
Nous avons seulement été attaqués l'autre jour par les mercenaires. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 181)
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 180
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Typical passive construction
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