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Gender distinctions in personal pronouns
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No gender distinctions
Example 5-24:
ii na ded
ii
3sg
na
neg
ded
dead
He isn't dead.
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 160 (line 515 - 6)
Example 5-25:
an ii bigin fu sok dis bai
an
and
ii
3sg
bigin
begin
fu
to
sok
suck
dis
the
bai
boy
And she began to suck the boy.
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 160 (line 495)
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Language:
Creolese
Feature:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns
Source:
Rickford 1987
: 160 (line 495)
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