Value Accusative alignment

Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns
References
Rickford 1987: 148

Examples

  1. (1) mii; yuu; hii; awii; a(l)yu; dem (2) hii, shii, it
    (1)
    (1)
    mii;
    I/me
    yuu;
    you.sg
    hii;
    he/him/she/her/it
    awii;
    we/us
    a(l)yu;
    you.pl
    dem
    they/them
    (2)
    (2)
    hii,
    he/him
    shii,
    she/her
    it
    it
    (1) I/me; you (SG); he/him, she/her, it; we/us; you (PL); they/them (2) he/him, she/her, it
  2. kombain kot am, win am an ful am in bag
    kombain
    combined.harvester
    kot
    cut
    am,
    3sg.acc
    win
    winnow
    am
    3sg.acc
    an
    and
    ful
    full
    am
    3sg.acc
    in
    in
    bag
    bag
    Combined harvesters cut it, winnow it and bag it. OR: Using combined harvesters, (we) cut, winnow and bag it (the rice).

    See Persaud 1970: 16

  3. wel ii a piil kookno(t)
    wel
    well
    ii
    3sg
    a
    prog
    piil
    peel
    kookno(t)
    coconut
    Well he was peeling coconuts.

    See Rickford 1987: 130