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Example 7-50
De so despareit an lai dat de go du
eniting
fo lak mi uhp.
De
3pl
so
so
despareit
desperate
an
and
lai
lie
dat
that
de
3pl
go
fut
du
do
eni-ting
any-thing
fo
for
lak
lock
mi
1sg
uhp.
up
They are so desperate and dishonest that they will do anything to have me locked up.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 116
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Indefinite pronouns: Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately preceding the verb
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