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Example 7-255
Hi biit evri wan hi pikni an dem an i beibi
tu.
Hi
3sg
biit
beat
evri
every
wan
one
hi
3sg
.
poss
pikni
child
an
and
dem
pl
an
and
i
art
beibi
baby
tu.
too
He flogged all his children including the baby.
Comment:
If
tu
is used it is generally placed post-nominally except if the noun is subject of the sentence in which case
tu
comes after the verb (Example 256).
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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