Value Zero and gap

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Subject relative clauses
References
Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 57

Examples

  1. Mi thad fes pesin bin gaji fish ba alabat.
    Mi
    1sg
    thad
    eq.cop
    fes
    first
    pesin
    person
    bin
    pst
    gaji
    get:tr
    fish
    fish
    ba
    dat/poss
    alabat.
    3pl
    I was the first person who caught a fish for everyone.

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  2. Oletaim, yuno, wa mibala bin la steshen.
    Oletaim,
    always
    yuno,
    you.know
    wa
    subord
    mibala
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    la
    loc
    steshen.
    station
    All the time, you know, when/that we were on the station.
  3. Mindubala go ngarra la thatlat biginini ani kambek burrum Dupuma.
    Mindubala
    1du.excl
    go
    go
    ngarra
    look.for
    la
    loc
    that-lat
    dem-pl
    biginini
    child
    ani
    pot
    kam-bek
    come-back
    burrum
    from
    Dupuma.
    Dhupuma
    We're going to look for the children who will come back from Dhupuma (College). OR: We're going to look for the children who are coming back from Dhupuma (College).

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 57