Example 6-101

Me been tink say da da Jackass way been da call he picninni.
Me been tink say da da Jackass way been da call he picninni.
1sg ant think comp Jackass rel ant call 3sg.obj child
I thought that was the Jackass which was calling its child.
Comment:
This example is from a written text from 1845. The past marker been is archaic in Trinidad English Creole (Winer 2009: 83), but still present in basilectal Tobagonian Creole (Winer 2009: 83; James & Youssef 2008: 673)
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Winer 1993: 24