Value Optional vocative marker preceding noun

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Vocative markers

Examples

  1. Ei, olmen, yu weit na! Yu gada gibit la melabat du sambala shuga. Melabat wandi shuga du.
    Ei,
    ey
    olmen,
    old.man
    yu
    2sg
    weit
    wait
    na!
    now
    Yu
    2sg
    gada
    fut/oblig
    gib-it
    give-tr
    la
    loc
    melabat
    1pl.excl
    du
    too
    sam-bala
    some-adj2
    shuga.
    sugar
    Melabat
    1pl.excl
    wandi
    want
    shuga
    sugar
    du.
    too
    Hey, old man, wait now! You've got to give us some sugar too. We want sugar too.

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  2. Ei imiyu, yu gadim eni mejik?
    Ei
    hey
    imiyu,
    Emu
    yu
    2sg
    gad-im
    have-tr
    eni
    any
    mejik?
    magic
    Hey Emu, do you have any magic?

    See Brennan 1993: 12