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Example 7-181
I ha plenti tiifin goin aan.
I
3sg
.
n
ha
have
plenti
plenty
tiif-in
thief-ing
go-in
go-
prog
aan.
on
There is a lot of theft going on.
Comment:
Ga
or
ge
can replace
ha
. Please note that 3SG.N refers to the third person singular neutral subject pronoun.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: A9
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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