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Expression of pronominal subjects
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Example 20-82:
鏬士域合些林安黎科兜臣卑士
Last week hap sellum only four thousand piecee.
Last
last
week
week
hap
pfv
sellum
sell
only
only
four
four
thousand
thousand
piecee.
piece
The deliveries last week were 4,000 pieces.
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.11
Example 20-83:
(口件)結治暑廉
Can catchee shrimp?
Can
can
catchee
catch
shrimp?
shrimp
Can you get any shrimps?
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.42
Example 20-84:
威(竹+厘)橋(竹+厘)時
Velly curiousee.
Velly
very
curiousee.
curious
It is very strange.
Source:
Tong 1862
: IV.55
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
Feature:
Expression of pronominal subjects
Source:
Tong 1862
: IV.55
;
Tong 1862
: VI.42
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