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Example 56-20
Apre nou pran
sa
baka l
a.
Apre
then
nou
1pl
pran
take
sa
dem
baka
baka
la.
there
Then we took that baka (alcoholic drink, fermented sugar cane).
Comment:
La
'there' is very often used at the end of an intonational unit; it might have some discourse marking function. But here more analysis is needed.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Michaelis 1994
: 184
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Order of demonstrative and noun: Demonstrative word precedes noun
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