Value In 3rd person singular only

Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns

Examples

  1. Only mi- o- only - my mother had - one brother what I didn't know - he - he is - he used to say it was three of we.
    [...]
    [...]
    my
    my
    mother
    mother
    [...]
    [...]
    he
    3sg
    used
    hab.pst
    to
    hab.pst
    say
    say
    [...]
    [...]
    [...] my mother [...] she used to say [there were three of us].
  2. Yeah, no, my mother dead long time. She dead [...] my younger sister was 'bout five, I been mus'e 'bout 13, my older sister 'bout 16. Long time. When she dead - she leave eight children.
    [...]
    [...]
    When
    when
    she
    3sg.f
    dead
    die[pfv]
    -
     
    she
    3sg.f
    leave
    leave[pfv]
    eight
    eight
    children.
    children
    [...] When she died she left eight children.
  3. [...] he’s my cousin.
    [...]
    [...]
    he’s
    3sg.m.cop
    my
    my
    cousin.
    cousin
    [...] he's my cousin.
  4. She can’t break it up!
    She
    she
    can’t
    can't
    break
    break
    it
    3sg.n
    up!
    up
    She (i.e. the speaker's grandmother) can't break it (i.e. the speaker's relationship with a particular man) up.