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Example 9-51
Di kwaat badl dem we yu de luk fa da no sumtin we drif.
Di
the
kwaat
quart
badl
bottle
dem
pl
we
rel
yu
2sg
de
hab
luk
look
fa
for
da
top
no
neg
sumtin
something
we
rel
drif.
drift
The bottles that you look for, that's not something that drifts.
Comment:
Dem
is a postposed nominal plural.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1983
: 33
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun: Overlap
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