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Example 9-27
Wɛn i kum bak da
lown
kriol i de taak.
Wɛn
when
i
3sg
kum
come
bak
back
da
top
lown
lone
kriol
creole
i
3sg
de
prog
taak.
talk
When he came back he often spoke creole. OR: He could speak creole really well.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1992
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Order of frequency adverb, verb, and object: Adverb – verb – object
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