Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Value Identity
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Comitatives and instrumentals
References
Rickford 1987
: 154, line 453
;
Rickford 1987
: 160, lines 502-503
Examples
wo dem go du
wid
twenti dala monii?
wo
what
dem
3pl
go
fut
du
do
wid
with
twenti
twenty
dala
dollars
monii?
money
What would they do with twenty dollars?
See
Rickford 1987
: 154, line 453
mi fado bin a sliip
wid
ii in di haspital
mi
poss
.
1sg
fado
father
bin
ant
a
prog
sliip
sleep
wid
with
ii
3sg
in
in
di
the
haspital
hospital
My father was sleeping with him in the hospital.
See
Rickford 1987
: 160, linrd 502-503
×