Value Typical passive construction

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Passive constructions
References
Hudson 1985: 105-106

Examples

  1. Sambadi bin get meda.
    Sambadi
    somebody
    bin
    pst
    get
    pass
    meda.
    murdered
    Somebody got murdered.
  2. Thet min yu bin get ben.
    Thet
    dem
    min
    mean
    yu
    2sg
    bin
    pst
    get
    pass
    ben.
    burned
    That means you got burned.
  3. "Aa, pobala dis tawun. Imin git draund." im lathad.
    "Aa,
    ah
    pobala
    poor.thing
    dis
    prox
    tawun.
    town
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    git
    get
    draund."
    drowned
    im
    3sg
    lathad.
    like.that
    "Ah, this poor town. It got drowned", he said.

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  4. Detlat kulus bin git berndap.
    Det-lat
    dem-pl
    kulus
    clothes
    bin
    pst
    git
    get
    bernd-ap.
    burned-up
    Those clothes were burned (and consumed).

    See Hudson 1985: 106