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Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives
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Example 10-69:
So
dis
die Beda Taiga gaan sii how ihn muma de.
So
so
dis
dem
die
day
Beda
Brother
Taiga
Tiger
gaan
go.
ant
sii
see
how
how
ihn
3sg
.
poss
muma
mother
de.
cop
.
loc
So on this day Brother Tiger went to see how his mother was doing.
Example 10-70:
Yu mosi du
dat
!
Yu
2sg
mosi
must
du
do
dat!
dem
You must do that!
Source:
Bartens 2003
: 92
Example 10-71:
Mi sii dis buk. Mi sii dis wan.
Mi
1sg
sii
see
dis
dem
buk.
book
Mi
1sg
sii
see
dis
dem
wan.
one
I see this book. I see this one.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Feature:
Pronominal and adnominal demonstratives
Source:
Bartens 2003
: 58
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