Value Syncretism between 2nd and 3rd person

Language:
Reunion Creole
Parameter:
Person syncretism in independent personal pronouns
References
Staudacher-Valliamée 2004: 69

Examples

  1. A koz zot i ariv kom sa don? Lontan zot la pa ankor veni voir amoin!
    Akoz
    why
    zot
    2pl
    i
    fin
    ariv
    arrive
    kom
    like
    sa
    that
    don?
    then
    Lontan
    long.time
    zot
    2pl
    la
    prf
    pa
    neg
    ankor
    yet
    vëni
    come
    vwar
    see
    amwen!
    obl.1sg
    Why do you arrive like that? It has been a long time since you have come to see me!
    French: Pourquoi vous arrivez comme ça donc? Il y a longtemps que vous n'êtes pas venus me voir!

    See Barat et al. 1977: 31

  2. Kan zot l'arivé, loin mem la, i voi Gran Dyab, ek sa bot a set lyé, déyer zot.
    Kan
    when
    zot
    3pl
    l
    prf
    arive,
    arrive
    lwen
    far
    mem
    very
    la,
    there
    i
    fin
    vwa
    see
    Gran
    Big
    Dyab,
    Devil
    ek
    with
    sa
    poss.3sg
    bot-a-set-lye,
    boot-with-seven-league
    deyer
    behind
    zot.
    3pl
    When they arrived, very far from there, they saw Big Devil, with his seven-league boot, behind them.
    French: Quand ils sont arrivés, très loin de là, ils voient Grand Diable, avec sa botte à sept lieux, derrière eux.

    See Barat et al. 1977: 36

  3. Bann la i ariv la kaz.
    Bannla
    3pl
    i
    fin
    ariv
    arrive
    la
    def
    kaz.
    house.
    They arrive at home.
    French: Ils arrivent à la maison.

    See Cellier 1982: 89