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Example 7-31
Shi tel mi so.
Shi
3sg
.
f
tel
tell
mi
1sg
so.
so
She told me that.
Comment:
‘She’ is expressed by
shi
so that no confusion is intended between 'he' and 'she'. Please compare with Examples 29 and 30.
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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