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Example 7-85
Dis ya miit haad fo boil.
Dis
dem
ya
here
miit
meat
haad
hard
fo
for
boil.
boil
This meat is hard to boil. OR: Life’s hard.
Comment:
From a popular Vincentian Creole song.
Dis miit ya haad fo boil
is also possible with exactly the same reading.
Type:
written (poetic)
Source:
Oliver 1986
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives: Same forms
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