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Value No gender distinctions
Language:
Palenquero
Parameter:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns
References
de Friedemann and Patiño Rosselli 1983
: 138ff
;
Schwegler and Green 2007
: 294
Examples
¡Ele e un muhé!
¡Ele
3sg
e
be
un
art
.
indf
.
sg
muhé!
woman
She is a woman (rather than a man)!
Spanish:
¡Ella es una mujer!
Mailo mi, ele kele sabé naa ri eso nu!
Mailo
husband
mi,
my
ele
he
kele
want
sabé
know
naa
nothing
ri
of
eso
this
nu!
neg
My husband, he doesn't want to know anything about this!
Spanish:
¡Mi marido no quiere saber nada de eso!
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