Datapoint Seychelles Creole (older generation)/Subject relative clauses
After verbs of perception in the main clause, the progressive particle pe can introduce a kind of relative clause with the object of the main clause functioning as the "semantic" subject of the relative clause:
Mon vwar Lea pe danse. (constructed by linguist)
[1SG see Lea PROG dance]
'I see Lea dancing.' OR: 'I see Lea who dances.'
Values 
Relative particle and gap
Frequency: 70.0%
- Example 56-169:
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Be sa bann dimoun ki ti Lil Terez, zot ti reste laba menm osi?BebutsadembannpldimounpeoplekireltipstLilLilTerez,Terezzot3pltipstrestestaylabatheremenmfocosi?tooBut the people who stayed at Lil Terez (the island of Therese), they also lived there?French: Ben, les gens qui étaient à l'île Thérèse, ils habitaient là aussi? (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 139)
Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 138
- Confidence:
- Very certain
Zero and gap
Frequency: 30.0%
- Example 56-168:
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Be dimoun lontan [...] ti kwar pourdir i annan en bonnfanm ki apel Bonnfanm San Tet ti reste ladan.Bebutdimounpeoplelontanearlier[...][...]tipstkwarbelievepourdircompipmannanhaveenabonnfanmwomankirelapelbe.calledBonnfanmBonnefemmeSanSansTetTêteØØtipstrestestayladan.thereBut in former times the people believed that there was a woman called Bonnefemme Sans Tête who stayed there.French: Ben autrefois les gens [...] croyaient qu'il y avait une femme qui s'appelait Bonnefemme Sans Tête qui habitait là-dedans [...]. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 210f.)
Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 208f.
- Confidence:
- Certain