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Example 7-29
I tel mi so.
I
3sg
tel
tell
mi
1sg
so.
so
He/she told me that.
Comment:
There is a neutral gender which is used for both 'he' and 'she' but also 'it'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 86
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: In 3rd person singular only
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