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Value Passive without verbal coding
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
Parameter:
Passive constructions
References
Tong 1862
: IV.72
Examples
灣治米記快也
Wantchee makee fire.
Wantchee
want
makee
make
fire.
fire
It wants firing.
See
Tong 1862
: VI.22
深文基林謙
Some man killum him.
Some
some
man
man
killum
kill
him.
3sg
Someone killed him. OR: He has been murdered.
See
Tong 1862
: IV.72
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