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Value Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Parameter:
Indefinite pronouns
References
Escure n.d.
Examples
A bin si
sombodi.
A
1sg
.
sbj
bin
pst
si
see
sombodi.
somebody
I saw somebody.
See
nd
Somtin(g)
bin happen.
Somtin(g)
something
bin
pst
happen.
happen
Something happened.
See
nd
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