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Indefinite pronouns
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Old generic-noun-based indefinites continuing somebody/something
Example 26-27:
sambaɾi
waz ɹaɪd dɛa
sambaɾi
indf
waz
was
ɹaɪd
right
dɛa
there
Somebody was right there.
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 72
Example 26-28:
ju si
samtin
ju
2sg
si
see
samtin
indf
You see something.
Source:
Velupillai 2003
: 114
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Feature:
Indefinite pronouns
Source:
Velupillai 2003
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