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Indefinite pronouns
Somwan is more acrolectal than sombadi.
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Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Example 11-41:
Ai aalwiez disaid dat di wan dat waan tu stodi an waan bii
sombadi
kyan get dat.
Ai
1sg
aalwiez
always
disaid
decide
dat
comp
di
art
.
def
wan
one
dat
rel
waan
want
tu
comp
stodi
study
an
and
waan
fut
bii
cop
.
inf
som-badi
some-body
kyan
can
get
get
dat.
dem
I decided a long time ago that the one who wants to study and is going to be somebody can get the money.
Source:
nd
Example 11-42:
Dat iz
somting
wat
somwan
shud luk intu.
Dat
dem
iz
cop
.
prs
som-ting
some-thing
wat
rel
som-wan
some-one
shud
should
luk
look
intu.
into
That is something someone should look into.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
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Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Feature:
Indefinite pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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