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Example 56-48
Be
kan
ti konstri sa?
Be
but
kan
when
ti
pst
konstri
build
sa?
this
But when did one/they build this?
Comment:
The subject position is not filled; therefore, a human, non-specific agent is referred to.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 168
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Interrogative pronouns: Two compound expressions
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