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Example 7-30
Hi tel mi so.
Hi
3sg
.
m
tel
tell
mi
1sg
so.
so
He told me that.
Comment:
‘He’ is expressed by
hi
so that no confusion is intended (between 'he' and 'she'). Please compare with Example 29.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns: In 3rd person singular only
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