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Value Accusative alignment
Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
Examples
Oh, the asue? OK, like -
we
in the asue with the teachers, right.
[...]
[...]
we
s
in
in
the
the
asue
asue
[...]
[...]
[...] we’re in the asue (informal savings club of African origin) with the teachers, right.
Anybody coulda - scold
we
and beat
we
for doing wrong.
Anybody
anybody
coulda
mod
.
aux
-
scold
scold
we
1pl
and
and
beat
beat
we
1pl
[...].
[...]
Anybody could have scolded and beat us [for doing something wrong].
So - uh - my mum - my grammy - she raise
us
to the Out Island.
[...]
[...]
she
3sg
raise
raise
us
1pl
to
to
the
the
Out
Out
Island.
Island
[...] she brought us up on an Out Island.
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