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Object relative clauses
The particle we is the basilectal form, dat a more acrolectal one.
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Relative particle and gap
Example 11-290:
Wi kaal di langwij
dat
wi spiik Kriol.
Wi
1pl
kaal
call
di
art
.
def
langwij
language
dat
rel
wi
1pl
spiik
speak
Kriol.
Kriol
We call the language that we speak “Kriol”.
Source:
nd
Example 11-291:
di bwai
we
yu sii yaanda
di
art
.
def
bwai
boy
we
rel
yu
2sg
sii
see
yaanda
yonder
the boy who you see over there
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
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Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Feature:
Object relative clauses
Source:
Own knowledge
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