Value Only dependent subject forms

Language:
Seychelles Creole
Parameter:
Special dependent person forms for subject and object
References
Bollée 1977: 48f.

Examples

  1. Apre mon 'n tournen.
    Apre
    then
    mon
    1sg
    'n
    prf
    tournen.
    return
    Then I returned.

    See Michaelis 1994: 201

  2. Mwan zanmen mon 'n reste dan zil plis ki en mwa.
    Mwan
    1sg.indp
    zanmen
    never
    mon
    1sg
    'n
    prf
    reste
    stay
    dan
    in
    zil
    island
    plis
    more
    ki
    than
    en
    one
    mwa.
    month
    Me, I never stayed on an island for more than one month.

    See Michaelis 1994: 201

  3. I pran trwa kat bobin i roule.
    I
    3sg
    pran
    take
    trwa
    three
    kat
    four
    bobin
    bobbin
    i
    3sg
    roule.
    twine
    He took three, four bobbins and twined them together. OR: He twined three, four bobbins together.

    See Michaelis 1994: 65

  4. Marcel-o, donn mwan sa bolpenn.
    Marcel-o,
    Marcel-voc
    donn
    give
    mwan
    me
    sa
    dem
    bolpenn.
    ballpen
    Marcel, give me this ballpen.
  5. Prezan ou met li drwat.
    Prezan
    then
    ou
    2sg
    met
    put
    li
    3sg.dep
    drwat.
    straight
    Then you put it straight.

    See Bollée and Rosalie 1994