Value No person syncretism

Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns

Examples

  1. Da' time, I take a trip here an' go back.
    [...]
    [...]
    I
    1sg
    take
    take[pfv]
    a
    a
    trip
    trip
    [...]
    [...]
    [...] I came [here and went back].
  2. Lord, I know you was puhwidin'.
    [...]
    [...]
    I
    1sg
    know
    know
    you
    2sg
    was
    cop
    puhwid-in'
    provide-prog
    [Lord,] I know you were providing.
  3. [Did you ever take the mailboat to Nassau?] Couple time, but 'e ain't agree wid me. I get seasick.
    [...]
    [...]
    but
    but
    'e
    3sg.n
    ain't
    neg
    agree
    agree
    wid
    with
    me
    me
    [...].
    [...]
    [...] but it didn't agree with me [...].
  4. Her will go up to de school an' sell lunch. Fried chicken, conch an' ting, maccaroni, he bake dem, an' he carry dem, an' when de school out, de children come an' dey buy it from her. Yeah.
    [...]
    [...]
    he
    3sg.f
    bake
    bake
    dem,
    them
    an'
    and
    he
    3sg.f
    carry
    carry
    dem,
    them
    an'
    and
    [...]
    [...]
    de
    the
    children
    children
    come
    come
    an'
    and
    dey
    3pl
    buy
    buy
    it
    it
    from
    from
    her.
    her
    [Fried chicken, conch etc., maccaroni,] she bakes them, and carries them, and [when school's over,] the children come, and they buy it from her.
  5. All a' body in Forbes Hill, we jus' go - sometime we go Williamstown - when we have missionary day - boss come take us an' carry us, an' den evenin', we come back home.
    [...]
    [...]
    we
    1pl
    jus'
    just
    go
    go[hab]
    -
     
    sometime
    sometimes
    we
    1pl
    go
    go[hab]
    [...]
    [...]
    when
    when
    we
    1pl
    have
    have[hab]
    [...]
    [...]
    we
    1pl
    come
    come[hab]
    [...]
    [...]
    [...] we just go - sometimes we go [to WIlliamstown] - when we have [missionary day - the boss comes and takes us there, and then in the evening] we come back home.
  6. you
    you
    2pl
    you