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Example 9-134
A yuzta lajk wok wid im.
A
1sg
yuzta
used.to
lajk
like
wok
work
wid
with
im.
him
I liked to work with him.
Comment:
This illustrates a comitative use of
wid.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1985
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Comitatives and instrumentals: Identity
Noun phrase conjunction and comitative: Differentiation
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