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Value Only dependent subject forms
Language:
Reunion Creole
Parameter:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object
References
Chaudenson 1974
: 333-334
Examples
mi dans; vi dans; li dans; ni dans
mi
1sg
.
fin
dans;
dance
vi
2sg
.
fin
dans;
dance
li
3sg
.
fin
dans;
dance
ni
1pl
.
fin
dans
dance
I dance; you dance; he/she dances; we dance
French:
je danse; tu danses; il/elle danse; nous dansons
mwen la danse; ou la danse; nou la danse
mwen
1sg
la
prf
danse;
dance
ou
2sg
la
prf
danse;
dance
nou
1pl
la
prf
danse
dance
I have danced; you have danced; we have danced
French:
j'ai dansé; tu as dansé; nous avons dansé
[...] sa out bébet sé ou la méné! Pa moin! Mi koné pa moin!
[...]
[...]
sa
that
out
poss
.
3sg
bebet
animal
se
hl
ou
2sg
la
prf
mene!
bring
Pa
neg
mwen!
1sg
Mi
1sg
.
fin
kone
know
pa
neg
mwen!
1sg
[...] That is your animal, it was you who brought it! Not me! I don't know it!
French:
[...] C'est ta bête, c'est toi qui l'a amenée! Pas moi! Je ne la connais pas, moi!
See
Barat et al. 1977
: 18
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