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Value Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Indefinite pronouns
References
Velupillai 2003
Examples
sambaɾi
waz ɹaɪd dɛa
sambaɾi
indf
waz
was
ɹaɪd
right
dɛa
there
Somebody was right there.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 72
ju si
samtin
ju
2sg
si
see
samtin
indf
You see something.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 114
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