Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Example 68-76
Bukang seng bisa, sen dapa dangsa deng nona~nona.
Bukang
neg
seng
neg
bisa,
can
sen
neg
dapa
get
dangsa
dance
deng
with
nona~nona.
pl
~young.lady
Not that [he] couldn't [dance], [he] didn't get a young lady [for a partner].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
van Minde 1997
: 343
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Expression of pronominal subjects: Optional pronoun words
×