Example 56-166

Be sa laz ki ou ti ete ou ti pe ganny anploye ek zil ou?
Be
but
sa
art
laz
age
ki
rel
ou
2sg
ti
pst
ete
cop
ou
2sg
ti
pst
pe
prog
ganny
aux.pass
anploye
employ
ek
with
zil
island
ou?
2sg
But given the age which you had, were you (still) employed on the island?
French: Ben, vu l'âge que vous aviez, vous étiez employé sur l'île, vous?
Comment:
The copula ete is used in very restricted extraction contexts.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 136