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Value Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Indefinite pronouns
References
Escure 1983
Examples
Yu hia samtn̩ de krich krich ina mangru.
Yu
you
hia
hear
samtn̩
something
de
prog
krich
screech
krich
screech
ina
in
mangru.
mangrove
You hear a screeching noise in the mangrove.
See
Escure 1983
: 34
Sambodi me wan pik it in.
Sambodi
somebody
me
ant
wan
fut
pik
pick
it
it
in.
in
Somebody would have picked it up.
See
Escure 2004
: 536
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