Value Special reciprocal construction based on 'other'

Language:
Bahamian Creole
Parameter:
Reciprocal constructions

Examples

  1. I gon' tell you the truth, that ain't no true, 'cause a fisherman - if you see a person call theyself a fisherman, and he can't swim, ain't go in no boat!
    [...]
    [...]
    if
    if
    you
    2sg.sbj
    see
    see
    a
    art
    person
    person
    call
    call
    theyself
    refl
    a
    art
    fisherman
    fisherman
    [...]
    [...]
    [...] if someone calls himself a fisherman and he can’t swim [...]
  2. I ain't been to no dance, 'cause I couldn't go. My daddy wouldn't allow us to go to ... dance, you know - he say, That what spoil the children. Your daddy keep you from them thing. [So how could you see him - like if you traveled by boat ... or what were the special occasions?] No, we have special occasion - [Like what?] - to meet each other. Like, the parents will appoint a time for you to go visit this next settlement, and - you know?
    [...]
    [...]
    we
    1pl.sbj
    have
    have[hab.pst]
    special
    special
    occasion
    occasion.pl
    [...]
    [...]
    to
    to
    meet
    meet
    each
    each
    other.
    other
    [...] (young people searching for a mate) had special events to meet each other.
  3. My - my granddaddy was a Forbes, and my grandmother was a Forbes, so I don't know if they were family. But one from Exuma, and one from Cat Island. My - my grandmother - Forbes, they from Cat Island, and my - granddaddy - o- my granddaddy - was a Knowles. That mean that's when the old people met each other.
    [...]
    [...]
    when
    when
    the
    art
    old
    old
    people
    people
    met
    meet[pfv]
    each
    each
    other.
    other
    [That’s when] the old people met each other.